DELARANEWS
Ham Radio News
…because we don’t live in a vacuumAmateur Radio Active During 2
Weeks Of Hurricanes
The VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), and the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, contributed hundreds of hours tracking and taking reports for hurricanes Fiona and Ian. Amateur radio operators from Puerto Rico, Florida, and the US east coast worked for almost 2 weeks, making sure damage reports and requests for assistance were dispatched in a timely manner. HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, reported that their activation for Hurricane Fiona lasted 39.5 hours. There were 109.5 hours on-air manpower and 246.5 total man-hours. "The HWN was activated four times for Fiona: twice on its approach to Puerto Rico, and twice on its landfall," said Graves. "We collected and forwarded 23 surface reports to the National Hurricane Center in Miami by way of WX4NHC." For Hurricane Ian, HWN Assistant Manager Stan Broadway, N8BHL, added, "Our activation for Ian lasted for nearly 5 full days, with a total of 83 hours. There [were] a total of 383.5 hours of on-air manpower and 1,014.5 total man-hours. We collected and forwarded 164 surface reports to the National Hurricane Center." The VoIP Hurricane Net reported that, over the entire course of Ian, from its tropical storm force effects in Grand Cayman, major landfall in Cuba and southwest Florida, and landfall in South Carolina into North Carolina, they sent approximately 150 reports. "An approximate volunteer man-hour count for this hurricane is estimated to be over 150 hours, including the planning, execution, and release of activation information, also accounting for those stations in the affected areas or stations that were relays into the affected area reporting storm damage," said Graves. ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, had previously reported that many ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) volunteers and their groups were involved across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Johnston said that there were ARES members, at the request of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, serving in the state Emergency Operations Center. Many ARES groups were also operating in several shelter locations. The NHC continues to monitor activity in the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Proposals Sought For Amateur Radio
Crew Contacts From The International
Space Station
[Editor’s note: Have you heard the ISS FM repeater? I have locked one side of my mobile rig to the downlink UHF frequency and I’m really surprised at how often and how clearly I hear the repeater. I have the other side of the radio set for the two meter uplink, but haven’t been able to make contact yet. It’s fun to hear repeater traffic from space! - N8BHL] Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an amateur radio contact with a crew member onboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. Organizations that want to participate will need to submit a proposal no later than November 13, 2022. ARISS is looking for proposals that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate into a well-developed education plan. To assist with the proposals, ARISS has posted information about expectations and guidelines on their website. In addition, an ARISS Proposal Webinar session will be held on October 13, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET. The Eventbrite link to sign up for the webinar is https://ariss-proposal-webinar- fall-2022.eventbrite.com. ARISS anticipates holding the contact between July 1 and December 31, 2023. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact radio contact dates. Crew members aboard the ISS will participate in scheduled amateur radio contacts approximately 10 minutes in length, and they'll allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via amateur radio. It takes place between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station, and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences an opportunity to learn firsthand what it's like to live and work in space. Such contacts provide the chance to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students will also have an opportunity to learn about satellite radio communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Amateur radio organizations around the world, with the support of NASA and space agencies in Canada, Japan, Europe, and Russia, present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide much of the equipment and operational support that enables communication between the ISS crew and students around the world. ARISS is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the ISS. In the US, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, the ISS National Laboratory Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), and NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. For more information about ARISS, visit their website at www.ariss.org.
DELARANews
Ham Radio News
…because we don’t live in a vacuumAmateur Radio Active During 2
Weeks Of Hurricanes
The VoIP Hurricane Net, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), and the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC, contributed hundreds of hours tracking and taking reports for hurricanes Fiona and Ian. Amateur radio operators from Puerto Rico, Florida, and the US east coast worked for almost 2 weeks, making sure damage reports and requests for assistance were dispatched in a timely manner. HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, reported that their activation for Hurricane Fiona lasted 39.5 hours. There were 109.5 hours on-air manpower and 246.5 total man-hours. "The HWN was activated four times for Fiona: twice on its approach to Puerto Rico, and twice on its landfall," said Graves. "We collected and forwarded 23 surface reports to the National Hurricane Center in Miami by way of WX4NHC." For Hurricane Ian, HWN Assistant Manager Stan Broadway, N8BHL, added, "Our activation for Ian lasted for nearly 5 full days, with a total of 83 hours. There [were] a total of 383.5 hours of on-air manpower and 1,014.5 total man-hours. We collected and forwarded 164 surface reports to the National Hurricane Center." The VoIP Hurricane Net reported that, over the entire course of Ian, from its tropical storm force effects in Grand Cayman, major landfall in Cuba and southwest Florida, and landfall in South Carolina into North Carolina, they sent approximately 150 reports. "An approximate volunteer man-hour count for this hurricane is estimated to be over 150 hours, including the planning, execution, and release of activation information, also accounting for those stations in the affected areas or stations that were relays into the affected area reporting storm damage," said Graves. ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, had previously reported that many ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) volunteers and their groups were involved across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Johnston said that there were ARES members, at the request of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, serving in the state Emergency Operations Center. Many ARES groups were also operating in several shelter locations. The NHC continues to monitor activity in the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
