Below is the text of a message sent to the Manager of the State College NWS office and other NWS amateur radio operators from Matt Steinbugl, KB3RJW, the NWS employee who coordinated the event with me.
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Skywarn Recognition Day
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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New Depiction Software for EmComm work
The 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
The 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
Attached 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
The following amateur radio operators have volunteered to work the SET on Saturday, October, 31, 2009.
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PEMA Draft Documents Removed
I 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
The 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.
ARRL WPA ARES Net Listing Available
The file linked below contains a listing of the Western Pennsylvania ARES nets, their frequencies, schedules, and other pertinent information. Prepared by WPA SEC, John, N3SPW.
Volunteers requested for 2009 Section Emergency Test
On October 31ST from 09:00 hours to 12:00 hours local time the ARRL Western Pennsylvania Section will be conducting a Simulated Emergency Test, or SET. The Centre County ARES organization will be participating in the SET.
The purpose of the SET is to test readiness to handle emergency communications in Centre County and the ARRL Western Pennsylvania Section. All amateur radio operators are welcome to participate.
Interested volunteers may contact me at k3cwp@arrl.net, on the air, or after the Sunday night ARES net on 146.85. Again, the simulated emergency test will be held on October 31ST from 09:00 hours to 12:00 hours local time.
73, Carmine, K3CWP