An updated bulletin regarding Hurricane Florence has been posted to the RRI Publications Page. Please distribute to all RRI Registered Radio Operators, traffic system operators and emergency communications organizations:
BULLETIN Hurricane Florence (updated Sept 13 2018)
Additional bulletins will be forthcoming as more is known about the exact track of Florence and as the extent of anticipated impacts become known.
Radio Relay International returns to standby status. Please see the latest bulletin pertaining to Tropical Storm Florence. http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Hurricane-Florence-14-Sep-2018-Final.pdf
Hurricane Florence Bulletin 2 has been reissued. This bulletin defines the response operating schedule and specifies networks, which can be utilized. The bulletin is available at: http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Hurricane-Florence-131221Z-Sep-2018.pdf
A bulletin announcing the Navy Medical System Exercise scheduled for September 5 and 6 has been posted to the RRI Publications Page. RRI personnel should be aware of this upcoming emergency exercise and be available to assist if needed. http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Exercise-Bulletin-Navy-Medical-5-Sep-2018.pdf
From the CQ newsroom Petition Drive to Save WWV/WWVH – Sept. 15 Deadline WWV transmitter site in Colorado. The NIST budget request for fiscal 2019 eliminates funding for continued operation of WWV and its Hawaiian counterpart, WWVH. (US Government photo) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has eliminated funding for the continued operation […]
RRI is returning to routine operational status. Our thanks to those who supported our response to Hurricane Lane! The final operational bulletin may be found here: http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BULLETIN-Hurricane-Lane-2018-8-28.pdf
The latest RRI operational bulletin in reference to Hurricane Lane is available at: http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BULLETIN-Hurricane-Lane-241228Z-Aug-2018.pdf
Save WWV and The Death of Old Time? – NIST Cutting WWV This is another mind-bogglingly short sighted move to save a few budget dollars at the expense of an irreplaceable service. The U.S. government has been responsible as the nation’s clockmaster since the U.S. Navy established Naval Observatory Washington. As we’ve seen since […]
ZL1NZ posted this video record to You-Tube on Aug 14, 2018. From the description, It is a short recording from 20m featuring great signals from WB8WKQ and K6TOP, recorded at ZL1NZ/ZM50MAUQ. Each station sent and received formal traffic (although that’s not on this recording). Since this test, regular skeds were established and formal record traffic’s […]
Contributed by RRI board member Jeff Miller WB8WQK Originally published at TFC-OPS FB Operators: As you may be aware of, RRI has been diligently working with the Oceania Group (Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands) to establish a quality traffic communications circuit. Although initial thinking was that digital would be ideal, to date, we […]