Amateur radio operators from Centre and Mifflin Counties participated in a Skywarn net to recognize and celebrate the cooperation between the National Weather Service and Amateur Radio Operators. The net was conducted on Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at 9:00 AM from the National Weather Service office in State College, PA.
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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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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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Comment/Clarification on N3SPW’s report on PEMA Conference 9/26
Chris 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
As 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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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.