Announcement from WX4NHC

Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, Miami Florida

WX4NHC will be On-The-Air for the Annual Station Test on Saturday, May
30th, 2015 from 9 AM-5 PM EDT (1300z-2100z). This will be our 35th year
of public service at NHC.

The purpose of this event is to test Amateur Radio Station equipment,
antennas and computers prior to this year's Hurricane Season, which
starts June 1st and runs through November 30th.

This event will be good practice for Ham Radio Operators world-wide as
well as NWS Staff to become familiar with Amateur Radio communications
available during times of severe weather.

WX4NHC will also be performing operator training. We will be making
brief contacts on many frequencies and modes, exchanging signal reports
and basic weather data exchange ("Sunny", or "Rain", etc.) with any
station in any location.

WX4NHC will be On-The-Air on HF, VHF, UHF , 2 & 30 meter APRS and
WinLink wx4nhc@winlink.org subject must contain "//WL2K". We will try
to stay on the recognized Hurricane Watch Net frequency 14.325 MHz
most of the time and announce when we QSY.

Due to space and equipment limitations, we will have 2 to 3 operators
per shift, we can not be everywhere and every mode at the same time.

You may be able to find us on HF by using one of the DX Spotting
Networks such as the DX Summit Web Site:

http://www.dxsummit.fi/Search.aspx

We will also be on VoIP Hurricane Net 4pm-5pm EST (2000-2100z)
(IRLP node 9219 / EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node 7203).

http://www.voipwx.net/

Local South Florida area VHF & UHF Repeaters will be contacted.

QSL Cards are available via WD4R.
Please send your card with a S.A.S.E.

Please do NOT send QSLs directly to the Hurricane Center address, as
it will get delayed.

Due to security measures; Please, NO VISITORS will be allowed entry
to NHC without prior clearance from NHC PIO and Security. Only WX4NHC
Operators on the pre-approved operating schedule will be allowed entry.

For more information about WX4NHC, please visit our website

www.wx4nhc.org

Thank you for your participation in the WX4NHC Annual Station Test event.

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Julio Ripoll Architect WD4R
WX4NHC Amateur Radio Asst. Coordinator
www.wx4nhc.org
Celebrating 35 years at the
National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.gov
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