ARRL to Host Webinar on Amateur Radio Response to 2012 Hurricane Season

[Karl W4KRL]

ARRL to Host Webinar on Amateur Radio Response to 2012 Hurricane Season 


07/09/2012

The ARRL will host a webinar
<https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/249211478>  from 8-9:30 PM EDT
Tuesday, July 17 (0000-0130 UTC Wednesday, July 18) to present information
about the 2012 hurricane season and the Amateur Radio response. The program
will offer presentations from representatives from the National Hurricane
Center ( <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/> NHC) and  <http://www.wx4nhc.org/>
WX4NHC (the Amateur Radio station at the NHC), the  <http://www.voipwx.net/>
VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurricane Watch Net ( <http://www.hwn.org/> HWN) and
the ARRL. Webinar registration is open to all, but this informative web
session will be of particular interest to those amateurs in hurricane-prone
areas. If you are interested in emergency communications and hurricane
preparedness and response, you are invited to attend this online
presentation.

The following items will be included in the webinar:

*	Opening remarks and introduction of presenters.
*	Meteorological Overview of the Upcoming Season, presented by VoIP
Hurricane Net Director of Operations and ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Section
Emergency Coordinator Rob Macedo, KD1CY.
*	Amateur Radio WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center: Who We Are
and What We Do and How to Contact WX4NHC and Submit Surface Reports During a
Hurricane, presented by WX4NHC Assistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R
*	WX4NHC Weather Initiatives: APRS, ON-NHC, CARMEN and CWOP Programs
and Equipment, presented by WX4NHC Coordinator John McHugh, K4AG
*	ARRL Coordination and Interface, presented by ARRL Emergency
Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U
*	VoIP Hurricane Net, presented by Rob Macedo, KD1CY
*	Hurricane Watch Net, presented by Hurricane Watch Net Assistant Net
Manager Tom Gerard, KB3ONZ
*	Q&A Session and Closing Remarks

To register for this webinar, please click here
<https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/472855454>  or paste this URL in your
browser address bar: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/472855454

 

 

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