The following amateur radio operators have volunteered to help with the MS-150 this year as of June 14, 2010:
K3CWP, Carmine, Both Days
K3ERP, Elaine, Both Days
K3YV, Woody, Both Days
N3LI, Mike, Both Days
W3JXP, John, Both Days
W3EDP, Eric, Both Days – Willing to go to Hollidaysburg on Saturday Morning
K3OOL, Craig, Both Days
N3HQN, Don, Both Days
N3EWR, Paul, Both Days
KB3TBX, Jim Alles
KR3C, Rick Cabral, Both Days
KA3GBC, Joe Pelick, Sunday
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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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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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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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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Attached to this post is the SET plan for the exercise in Centre County on Saturday, October 31, 2009.2009_SET_Plan_20091020
The following amateur radio operators have volunteered to work the SET on Saturday, October, 31, 2009.
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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
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.
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.