WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #12
2016 NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE AMATEUR RADIO WORKSHOP AGENDA ANNOUNCED
Amateur Radio will again be represented at the annual National Hurricane Conference. The conference theme is to improve hurricane preparedness as it has been in past years. The amateur radio workshop for the 2016 National Hurricane Conference will be held on Tuesday March 22, 2016 from 1330-1700 at the Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Parkway, Orlando, FL 32819. All amateur radio sessions are free of charge. There will be two sessions during the workshop.
Session #1 – 1300-1500: Presentations from Dr. Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Center on the importance of Amateur Radio surface reporting, Bob Robichaud-VE1MBR of the Canadian Hurricane Centre will present on Hurricane Meteorological topics and a brief overview of Canadian Hurricane Centre Operations and Julio Ripoll-WD4R will present WX4NHC Operations.
Session #2: 1515-1700: Presentations from Bobby Graves-KB5HAV on the Hurricane Watch Net Overview, Personal Weather Stations and Backup Power and Antenna Overview, Rob Macedo-KD1CY on the VoIP Hurricane Net and a best practices in SKYWARN Tropical Systems presentation and Ken Bailey-K1FUG on an ARRL Beginner’s Course in Ham Radio Hurricane Preparedness.
To conclude the workshop a question and answer session and door raffle prizes will be offered. Amateur Radio presentations will be recorded and live streamed. The livestream for 2016 will utilize YouTube for livestreaming purposes. The livestream links will be as follows: http://www.nsradio.org/stream and http://www.voipwx.net/files/stream.htm
For more information about the National Hurricane Conference you may go to http://hurricanemeeting.com/. Thanks to Steve Szabo WB4OMM for the information that went into this press release.