SKYWARN Newsletter #229

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Hello to all...

SKYWARN Training Schedule Update....

NWS Taunton Announces Preparedness Week Schedule....

Tropical Cyclone Reports for Most Tropical Systems Now Available....

VoIP New England Reflector New Home for NWS Taunton SKYWARN Operations....

Eastern Massachusetts ARES/SKYWARN Featured on ARRL Web Site and ARES E-Newsletter...

Emergency Communications Workshop Saturday April 8th, 2006 in Walpole, Massachusetts...

***Newsletter Issued: 3/27/05.

SKYWARN Training Schedule Update....

The SKYWARN Training Schedule continues to be filled for 2006. We

currently have 10 SKYWARN training sites confimed with an additional

5-7 sites that are being worked by Amateur Radio SKYWARN Coordinators

and other SKYWARN Spotters working closely with Amateur Radio SKYWARN

Coordinators. The links below will get you to the latest SKYWARN

Training Schedule for this year:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/skywarnTraining.shtml

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo/trsched.htm

We have the following sites pending confirmation on the following

dates:

Monday May 15th (Gardner, Mass.?)

Thursday May 18th (North Shore?)

Saturday June 10th (Wilmington, Mass.?)

From the following locations below, 3-4 of the 7 locations will be looked into

and booked over the next few weeks and they are as follows:

Philipston, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Attleboro, Mass.

Wilimantic, CT.

Pomfret, CT.

Greenfield, Mass.

South Coast of Massachusetts

Please check the web site links often and the email list will be

updated as locations for SKYWARN training get confirmed.

NWS Taunton Announces Awaredness Week Schedule....

From Glenn Field-KB1GHX, Warning Coordination Meteorologist of the

National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts, here is a list

of preparedness weeks for the portion of Southern New England covered

by the National Weather Service in Taunton:

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK May 1-5, 2006

NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK May 20-26, 2006

LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK June 18-24, 2006

HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK July 10-14, 2006

WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2006

As many people may of noted, Monday March 6th was Flood Preparedness

Day in Southern New England and a statement was issued on how to

properly prepare for river and flash flooding with some discussion

of the Weather Service's Hydrologic Services. That statement was

posted via the email list as well. During the above awareness week's,

the NWS Taunton office will issue statements on awareness and

preparedness and products and programs offered by the National

Weather Service to protect life and property.

Tropical Cyclone Reports for Most Tropical Systems Now Available....

The tropical cyclone reports for most tropical systems are now available

on the National Hurricane Center Web site in both Microsoft Word and Adobe

Acrobat format. Tropical cyclone reports for all systems except for Hurricane

Beta can now be obtained off of the National Hurricane Center web site.

Below is the link to the archive of the tropical cyclone reports:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2005atlan.shtml?

VoIP New England Reflector New Home for NWS Taunton SKYWARN Operations....

VoIP Operations for SKYWARN has a new home. Through the assistance of Danny

Musten-KD4RAA, Tony Langdon-VK3JED and Dave Cameron-VE7LTD, the New England

Network is now on its own IRLP reflector and is now known as the New England

Reflector. The IRLP Reflector has 10 channels and will feature the EchoLink/IRLP

cross-link that was utilized on IRLP Reflector 9058.

From the EchoLink side, there is no change on how you connect to the system. You

simply look for EchoLink Node #: 9123 or the *NEW-ENG* conference and you connect

into the system as you've done in the past. On the IRLP side, instead of connecting

to IRLP reflector 9058, you would connect to IRLP Reflector 9123. This is the

channel on the new reflector system that now has the cross-link enabled.

The sysops of the New England Network are pleased to offer this system as a service

to the NWS Taunton program and any other ARES, RACES, SKYWARN and MARS program

throughout New England. The New England Reflector has its own web site and the

link is listed below:

http://new-eng.com

Again, our thanks to Danny Musten-KD4RAA, Tony Langdon-VK3JED, and Dave Cameron-VE7LTD

for their efforts in supporting the New England Reflector and NWS Taunton SKYWARN

Operations.

Eastern Massachusetts ARES/SKYWARN Featured on ARRL Web Site and ARES E-Newsletter...

During the December 9th, 2005 storm that rapidly intensified causing hurricane

force wind gusts, significant wind damage, and power outages lasting 1-3 days

over Cape Cod and the Islands, Eastern Massachusetts ARES and SKYWARN were

featured on the ARRL Web Site and the ARES E-Newsletter. Links to those

articles appear below:

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/12/15/2/?nc=1

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/ares-el/index.html?issue=2005-12-21

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) National Headquarters has given

significant recognition to ARES and SKYWARN in the region including

recognition during the floods of October 2005. Special thanks to ARRL

League officials for their publicity.

Emergency Communications Workshop Saturday April 8th, 2006 in Walpole, Massachusetts...

Emergency Communications Workshop in Walpole Massachusetts...

The following Emergency Communications Workshop is being offered in Eastern Massachusetts.

Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Workshop Saturday April 8th, 2006:

There will be an Emergency Communications Workshop on Saturday April 8th, 2006

from 9:00 AM-4:00 PM at the Walpole Town Hall, 135 School Street in Walpole,

Massachusetts.

This session is being put on by the ARES Section Staff through the

efforts of Roger Turner-W1ZSA, town of Walpole Emergency Management Director.

This Emergency Communications Workshop will provide the background and

information to serve Amateur Radio Operators when they need to respond to a

communications emergency. It will feature an Introduction and Conclusion to

Emergency Communications, and five 1-hour training sessions on topics

including:

Overview of Eastern Massachusetts ARES-RACES-SKYWARN Programs

Net Operations

NTS Traffic Message Handling

Basic Overview of ICS

Go Kits

Interactive Exercises on Field Operations

This training will also feature a 1-hour lunch that will be provided at

no coerced cost to any Amateur who attends the session.

The presentations will be given by other Amateur Operators well versed

in the topics listed above. The training will be a worthwhile endeavor

not just for emergency communicators but for anyone who is an Amateur

Radio Operator, and wants to learn more about the hobby.

Preregistration is requested but is not required in case anyone would

like to attend at the last minute. Please try to preregister by

Monday April 3rd, 2006 to assure the meeting place is setup properly and

we have enough refreshments for breaks between lectures and for the lunch

break. We will, however, accept any last minute preregistrations after that

day or any walk-ins as long as space permits.

Directions to the Walpole Town Hall:

http://maps.yahoo.com/

http://www.mapquest.com/

From Boston:

Take Route 95 south to Exit 10 - Coney Street. Turn right at top of exit ramp.

Turn left at the lights on to Route 1. (The Walpole Mall will be on the right)

Take Route 27 (High Plain Street) at next set of lights at top of hill.

Big Y is on left. Route 27 X through 3 sets of traffic lights. Route 27

(High Plain Street) merges left onto East Street. Take left onto School Street

(after passing Blessed Sacrament Church on left at Diamond Street).

The Town Hall (former school building) is on right. Parking is in the rear.

Entrance to meeting room is on left as you face the rear of building.

From the South:

Take Route 95 north to Exit 9 - Route 1.

Take Route 1 north to lights at Route 27 (High Plain Street) (Applebee's on your

right). At lights take left onto Route 27(High Plain Street). Big Y is on left.

Route 27 X through 3 sets of traffic lights. Rout 27 (High Plain Street) merges

left onto East Street. Take left onto School Street (after passing Blessed

Sacrament Church on left at Diamond Street). The Town Hall (former school

building) is on right. Parking is in the rear. Entrance to meeting room is

on left as you face the rear of building.

From the west - Medfield - Route 109

Take Route 27 to Walpole Center. Through set of lights at Route 1A, (Main

Street). School Street is the next intersection. Right onto School

Street. The Town Hall (former school building) is on right. Parking in

rear. Entrance to meeting room is on left as you face the rear of building.

There will be talk-in on the 146.895-Walpole Repeater, PL: 123.0.

For any additional information and to preregister for the workshop,

please contact:

W1ZSA-Roger Turner rfturner@gis.net

K1HRV-Dave Doe d.doe@comcast.net

KD1CY-Rob Macedo rmacedo@rcn.com

This training should be a worthwhile endeavor for anyone interested in

learning more about emergency communications and amateur radio in

general.

That's all for this edition of the SKYWARN Newsletter!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)

ARES SKYWARN Coordinator

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator

Pager #: (508) 354-3142

Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)

Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)

Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)

Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo

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