Amateur Radio at the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando

The National Hurricane Conference will be held April 14 -17 at the Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Parkway, Orlando, FL. There will be several amateur radio activities on Tuesday, April 15. As usual there is no registration fee needed to attend these sessions. The National Hurricane Conference (NHC) leadership continues to recognize the valuable contribution of the amateur radio emergency service and again invited us to participate with three sessions. A great opportunity for amateur radio!

NHC Session #1: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, from 10:30 am to 12:00pm.
Presentations from Dr Richard Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Center, VE1MBR-Bob Robichaud from the Canadian Hurricane Center and from members of WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

NHC Session #2: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm.
This session covers EMCOMM operations in the Orlando area, the 2013 Boston Marathon disaster and two different views on Hurricane Sandy.

NHC Session #3: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
This session will cover the operations of the Hurricane Watch Net, the VoIP Hurricane Net, together with an ARRL update and an introduction of the new Southeastern Division Director and followed by an Amateur Radio Rap session - the Emergency Manager's Hidden Resource.

The amateur radio presentations will be recorded and streamed live on the Internet by James Palmer, KB1KQW at, www.nsradio.org/stream.htm and www.voipwx.net/files/stream.htm
All hams are invited, at no cost to attend the amateur radio sessions.
Door prizes will be awarded, including a dual band handheld radio.

For additional information:
http://www.hurricanemeeting.com
http://www.southeastern.arrl.org
http://www.voipwx.net
http://www.hwn.org
http://www.WX4NHC.org

National Hurricane Conference Presenters:
Special Guest Speaker, Dr. Knabb, Director National Hurricane Center.
Special Guest speaker, Bob Robichaud, VE1MBR, Canadian Hurricane Center
John McHugh, K4AG - WX4NHC Coordinator Amateur Radio, National Hurricane Center
Julio Ripoll WD4R - WX4NHC Assistant Coordinator Amateur Radio at NHC
Rob Macedo, KD1CY - Director of Operations VoIP Hurricane Net and ARRL ARES SEC E. Ma.
Dennis Dura K2DCD, Assistance Director Office of Emergency Management NJDHS
Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, Hurricane Watch Net Manager
Keith Kotch, KF4BXT, Communications-Warning Coordinator Orange County EOC
Mike Corey, KI1U - ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager
Doug Rehman, K4AC, ARRL Southeastern Division Director

We encourage you to visit and participate in all the activities you can and learn more about amateur radio emergency service communications. Hope to see you there!

John
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John Mc Hugh, K4AG
Coordinator for Amateur Radio
National Hurricane Center, WX4NHC
Home page:- http://www.wx4nhc.org