Subscribe Feed (RSS)The National Weather Service and the ARRL have announced December 5th, Saturday as Skywarn Recognition Day to celebrate the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN radio operators make to the National Weather Service.
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Skywarn Recognition Day
November 29th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsNew Depiction Software for EmComm work
November 11th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsThe message below was forwarded to me by another amateur radio operator. The software may interest anyone involved in EmComm. I haven’t looked it it in detail but if I can attend one of the upcoming Webinars I’ll try to report back here.
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I hope you have found the recent emails about our amateur radio webinars helpful to your club members. We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response from hundreds of amateur radio operators from around the country. That’s why we’re pleased to be offering both an introductory and advanced webinar to Amateur Radio Operators as a continuing series every Thursday. Our next webinar is this Thursday at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST.
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2009 WPA SET Centre County Successful
October 31st, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsThe 2009 Section Emergency Test in Centre County was successful this morning, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. Special thanks to the amateur radio operators named below for their participation. Also thanks to Jody Lair, Assistant Director of Centre County EMA for joining me at the Centre County EMA/EOC office during the drill.
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Centre County SET Exercise Plan
October 28th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsAttached to this post is the SET plan for the exercise in Centre County on Saturday, October 31, 2009.2009_SET_Plan_20091020
Volunteers for SET 10/31/2009
October 9th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsThe following amateur radio operators have volunteered to work the SET on Saturday, October, 31, 2009.
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Comment/Clarification on N3SPW’s report on PEMA Conference 9/26
October 9th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in ARES/RACESChris Snyder, Emergency Management Specialist for PEMA asked me to post the following information to clarify some information from the 9/26/2009 PEMA conference that was referenced in the report from John, N3SPW, earlier.
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NBEMS Digital Modes software for SET
October 8th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in ARES/RACESAs I’ve mentioned here there is a new set of software available for digital modes. It is commonly called NBEMS for Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System. I’ve installed the software on one of my PCs and find that it works very well and covers all of the available digital modes that I can see. I would like to see other amateur radio operators in Centre County using the software. Click below to see more information:
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WPA Phone & Traffic Net Liaison Station Needed
October 8th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in ARES/RACESThe Centre County ARES needs a liaison station(s) to check in to the Western Pennsylvania Phone and Traffic Net and handle traffic (messages) in and out of Centre County. We haven’t had such a station for years and it really is part of the Amateur Radio Emergency Services system. I plan to use this station(s) during the SET on October 31, 2009 to handle some drill traffic.
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PEMA Draft Documents Removed
October 7th, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsI have received word that the documents published earlier are work product of a PEMA working group and thus are not generally releasable. Additionally, they are in the process of change as I write. In fairness to the process and to prevent misinformation I have removed them from the blog.
Thank you.
Carmine Prestia
Comments from John, N3SPW on PEMA Conf, 9/26/09
October 3rd, 2009 by Carmine Prestia | Comments Off | Filed in All PostsThe Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency held its ACS/RACES Conference on Saturday September 26th. I was able to attend and saw many familiar faces from Western Pennsylvania. Below are a couple of points that were discussed at the conference that I thought were noteworthy.