From colstonl at gmail.com Wed Jun 5 13:09:34 2019 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 12:09:34 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] EMWIN outage planned Message-ID: A planned upgrade of EMWIN Network Services is scheduled to commence at 2200 UTC, June 6, 2019, and will last approximately 4 hours. The EMWIN ByteBlaster and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) File services may experience an interruption of service during this period. The EMWIN satellite broadcast should not be impacted. Date/Time of Initial Impact: June 6, 2019 / 2200 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: June 7, 2019 / 0200 UTC Length of Outage: 4 Hours Users relying on the EMWIN ByteBlaster and FTP services should utilize alternate NWS dissemination services [e.g., NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)] for continuous receipt of timely weather and water warnings and alerts throughout this period. If a ?Critical Weather Day? is identified to take place during this maintenance event, the event will be rescheduled. Information contained in this bulletin is posted on https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.html#notices https://www.nws.noaa.gov/iscs/index.html -- Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Newkirk, OK USA Pr?parate Ante malum. From colstonl at gmail.com Wed Jun 26 22:06:38 2019 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:06:38 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] EMWIN changes Message-ID: Effective on or about July 24, 2019, the National Weather Service (NWS) enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform. The eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing NWS Web Service and over the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are: GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN On June 20, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN Service entered a 30-day system stability evaluation period. On or about the effective date above, after a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN broadcast and public facing NWS Web Service will be declared operational. Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT-EMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services appearing on this website. The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the broadcast are: VCID-20 ? Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2) VCID-21 ? Image products (see note 1 and 3) VCID-22 ? Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2) Notes: 1 ? The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Service being declared operational by the NWS. 2 ? Text product information is available in the ?EMWIN Text Product Catalog? on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents 3 ? Image product information is available in the ?EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog? on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products for download are available here: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ - On the effective date, the products will begin populating the ?OPS? directory. - During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be available in the ?QA? directory. The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN service being declared operational by the NWS. Further information on the eEMWIN Web Service is available in the ?eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document? on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact: Carissa Klemmer NCEP Central Operations -- Lloyd Colston KC5FM From k.heyboer at verizon.net Thu Jun 27 09:38:43 2019 From: k.heyboer at verizon.net (Kevin Heyboer) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:38:43 -0400 Subject: [Skywarn] EMWIN changes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <928122F2C28244AC8DD1312E132E77ED@MANDI> Lloyd, do you know what, if any, effect this will have on EMWIN byteblaster service? Kevin Heyboer KD4UYR Emergency Coordinator Cherokee County NCARES/AUXCOMM Southwest Carolina SKYWARN Net Manager http://www.cherokee-ares.net -----Original Message----- From: skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lloyd Colston Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:07 PM To: skywarn at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Skywarn] EMWIN changes Effective on or about July 24, 2019, the National Weather Service (NWS) enterprise Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (eEMWIN) service is scheduled to transition to an operational NCEP Central Operations Integrated Dissemination Program (IDP) platform. The eEMWIN dissemination service operates through a public facing NWS Web Service and over the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R (GOES-R) Series satellites. The present operational GOES-R Series satellites are: GOES-East (GOES-16) at 75.2 degrees West longitude GOES-West (GOES-17) at 137.2 degrees West longitude HRIT-EMWIN SERVICE PHASE-IN On June 20, 2019, the NWS eEMWIN Service entered a 30-day system stability evaluation period. On or about the effective date above, after a successful evaluation period, the NWS eEMWIN HRIT-EMWIN broadcast and public facing NWS Web Service will be declared operational. Users transitioning to the High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) EMWIN broadcast service will require an HRIT-EMWIN receiving station. HRIT-EMWIN system requirements and user information are available from NESDIS. Some information on HRIT-EMWIN receiving station equipment available for purchase is provided on the NWS EMWIN Web Services: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#hrit-emwin The NWS does not endorse or recommend any products or services appearing on this website. The assigned EMWIN Virtual Channel Identifiers (VCIDs) on the broadcast are: VCID-20 - Priority 1 and 2 text products (see note 1 and 2) VCID-21 - Image products (see note 1 and 3) VCID-22 - Priority 3 and 4 text products (see note 1 and 2) Notes: 1 - The products on the GOES-16/17 HRIT-EMWIN broadcast should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN Service being declared operational by the NWS. 2 - Text product information is available in the "EMWIN Text Product Catalog" on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents 3 - Image product information is available in the "EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog" on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents The NWS Web Services hosting HRIT-EMWIN satellite broadcast products for download are available here: https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/CU.EMWIN/DF.xt/DC.gsatR/ - On the effective date, the products will begin populating the "OPS" directory. - During the 30-day evaluation period, the products will be available in the "QA" directory. The products on the eEMWIN Web Service should not be used for operational purposes prior to the eEMWIN service being declared operational by the NWS. Further information on the eEMWIN Web Service is available in the "eEMWIN FTP Service Description Document" on the following web site: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/#documents User wishing to provide comments on the product and services during the 30-day evaluation period, please contact: Carissa Klemmer NCEP Central Operations -- Lloyd Colston KC5FM ______________________________________________________________ Skywarn mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From rich.dl at hotmail.co.uk Thu Jun 27 09:42:51 2019 From: rich.dl at hotmail.co.uk (BOB dalziel) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:42:51 +0000 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence Message-ID: What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing my M7 licence? Yours sincerely Richard Dalziel Sent from my iPhone From colstonl at gmail.com Thu Jun 27 09:58:39 2019 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:58:39 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence Message-ID: I would imagine your Foundation license would be sufficient to get started but https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/contact-us would be the best source of information followed by Radio Society of Great Britain. A ham radio license is not required for Skywarn but it is encouraged, in USA. It would be interesting to see the Met Office in the UK take on Skywarn such as the NWS has in USA at Weather.gov/Skywarn Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Newkirk, OK > On Jun 27, 2019, at 08:42, BOB dalziel wrote: > > What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing my M7 licence? > > Yours sincerely > > Richard Dalziel > Sent from my iPhone From Dana at replikon.net Thu Jun 27 10:14:52 2019 From: Dana at replikon.net (Dana) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:14:52 -0400 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Does Skywarn network with CB? I have a base station. Doug On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 AM, "BOB dalziel" wrote: > What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing my M7 > licence? > > Yours sincerely > > Richard Dalziel > Sent from my iPhone > ______________________________________________________________ > Skywarn mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From Dana at replikon.net Thu Jun 27 10:16:19 2019 From: Dana at replikon.net (Dana) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:16:19 -0400 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jun 27, 2019 10:14 AM, "Dana" wrote: > Does Skywarn network with CB? > > I have a base station. > > Doug > On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 AM, "BOB dalziel" wrote: > >> What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing my >> M7 licence? >> >> Yours sincerely >> >> Richard Dalziel >> Sent from my iPhone >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Skywarn mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > From colstonl at gmail.com Thu Jun 27 10:57:52 2019 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:57:52 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence Message-ID: <48B85048-ACC8-4053-9A95-D823BEEE64E6@gmail.com> Citizens Band was used in the 60s and 70s. Since you have a base station, you are in a good spot. However, if your local Skywarn program uses something else, use what they use and monitor your CB radio. Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Newkirk, OK > On Jun 27, 2019, at 09:16, Dana wrote: > >> On Jun 27, 2019 10:14 AM, "Dana" wrote: >> Does Skywarn network with CB? >> >> I have a base station. >> >> Doug >> >>> On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 AM, "BOB dalziel" wrote: >>> What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing my M7 licence? >>> >>> Yours sincerely >>> >>> Richard Dalziel >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Skywarn mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From colstonl at gmail.com Thu Jun 27 12:38:21 2019 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:38:21 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence In-Reply-To: References: <48B85048-ACC8-4053-9A95-D823BEEE64E6@gmail.com> Message-ID: Some Skywarn groups use GMRS. Others use text or commercial radio gear. Use what your local Skywarn uses. No one size fits all. I use Ham radio and Twitter. ? Lloyd On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:09 Seth Johnson wrote: > Monitor Channel 9 > > Get Outlook for iOS > ------------------------------ > *From:* skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net > on behalf of Lloyd Colston > *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:57:52 AM > *To:* Dana > *Cc:* skywarn at mailman.qth.net > *Subject:* Re: [Skywarn] Ham licence > > Citizens Band was used in the 60s and 70s. Since you have a base station, > you are in a good spot. > > However, if your local Skywarn program uses something else, use what they > use and monitor your CB radio. > > > > > Lloyd Colston, KC5FM > Newkirk, OK > > > > > On Jun 27, 2019, at 09:16, Dana wrote: > > > >> On Jun 27, 2019 10:14 AM, "Dana" wrote: > >> Does Skywarn network with CB? > >> > >> I have a base station. > >> > >> Doug > >> > >>> On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 AM, "BOB dalziel" wrote: > >>> What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing > my M7 licence? > >>> > >>> Yours sincerely > >>> > >>> Richard Dalziel > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> ______________________________________________________________ > >>> Skywarn mailing list > >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn > >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>> Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net > >>> > >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Skywarn mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Lloyd Colston KC5FM From powellcountyweather at outlook.com Thu Jun 27 11:09:16 2019 From: powellcountyweather at outlook.com (Seth Johnson) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:09:16 +0000 Subject: [Skywarn] Ham licence In-Reply-To: <48B85048-ACC8-4053-9A95-D823BEEE64E6@gmail.com> References: <48B85048-ACC8-4053-9A95-D823BEEE64E6@gmail.com> Message-ID: Monitor Channel 9 Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Lloyd Colston Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:57:52 AM To: Dana Cc: skywarn at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Skywarn] Ham licence Citizens Band was used in the 60s and 70s. Since you have a base station, you are in a good spot. However, if your local Skywarn program uses something else, use what they use and monitor your CB radio. Lloyd Colston, KC5FM Newkirk, OK > On Jun 27, 2019, at 09:16, Dana wrote: > >> On Jun 27, 2019 10:14 AM, "Dana" wrote: >> Does Skywarn network with CB? >> >> I have a base station. >> >> Doug >> >>> On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 AM, "BOB dalziel" wrote: >>> What type of licence is needed for you to use ham radio as I?m doing my M7 licence? >>> >>> Yours sincerely >>> >>> Richard Dalziel >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Skywarn mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Skywarn mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From mattpijp at aol.com Thu Jun 27 12:43:34 2019 From: mattpijp at aol.com (mattpijp) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:43:34 -0500 Subject: [Skywarn] Net Message-ID: Good morning,? The other evening I monitored a sky warn net on mtears. Is this a weekly net?? I'd like to check in.? It appeared to be state wide.? Can you advise on the schedule for this net?? Thank you,?Matt Thompson?Indian MoundKi4acc? From k4hsm at knology.net Thu Jun 27 13:54:25 2019 From: k4hsm at knology.net (k4hsm at knology.net) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:54:25 -0400 Subject: [Skywarn] Net Message-ID: mtears.org shows all the repeaters in the network. No info on nets but they do have a couple of nets each week and call SKYWARN as needed from OHX NWS?Sent from my Sprint Phone.------ Original message------From: mattpijp via Skywarn Date: Thu, Jun 27, 2019 1:18 PMTo: skywarn at mailman.qth.net;Cc: Subject:[Skywarn] NetGood morning,? The other evening I monitored a sky warn net on mtears. Is this a weekly net?? I'd like to check in.? It appeared to be state wide.? Can you advise on the schedule for this net?? Thank you,?Matt Thompson?Indian MoundKi4acc? ______________________________________________________________ Skywarn mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/skywarn Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Skywarn at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html