Some excellent publicity for ham radio in general and our traffic nets in particular! A disaster welfare inquiry message conveyed by traffic nets resulted in some excellent publicity! The television news article is available at: http://www.kmov.com/story/36276900/ham-radio-operators-help-metro-east-woman-find-her-son-in-harvey
BULLETIN – Hurricane Harvey 2017-8-31 UPDATE 3 31 August 2017 (310351Z AUG 2017) BULLETIN – UPDATE HURRICANE HARVEY – SE TEXAS FLOODING Please distribute to all traffic nets and EMCOMM organizations This bulletin is a summary of current information about traffic operations relating to the SE Texas disaster area provided by our Central Area Coordinator, […]
RRI’s updated guidelines for storm reporting are posted.
Attention SKYWARN and EMCOMM operators: Wide-area hf nets are the most efficient means for authorities to collect eye witness reports from major storms. Call it “ground truth” or “situational awareness” or “FLASH Report” the goal is the same: get essential elements of information to hq, asap. The attached file details RRI’s tropical storm operating guidelines, […]