Amateur Radio will again be represented at the 2016 National Hurricane Conf
erence which will be held this year in Orlando, Florida. The conference the
me is to improve hurricane preparedness as it has been in past years. All H
am Radio sessions are free. For 2016, all the Amateur Radio sessions will b
e on Tuesday Afternoon March 22nd, 2016 from 130-500 PM EDT. Here is the se
ssion breakdown:

NHC Session #1 - 130-300 PM: Presentations from Dr. Rick Knabb, Director of
the National Hurricane Center on the importance of Amateur Radio surface r
eporting, Bob Robichaud-VE1MBR of the Canadian Hurricane Centre will presen
t on Hurricane Meteorological topics and a brief overview of Canadian Hurri
cane Centre Operations and Julio Ripoll-WD4R will present WX4NHC Operations
..

NHC Session #2: 315-500 PM: Presentations from Bobby Graves-KB5HAV on the H
urricane Watch Net Overview, Personal Weather Stations and Backup Power and
Antenna Overview, Rob Macedo-KD1CY on the VoIP Hurricane Net and a best pr
actices in SKYWARN Tropical Systems presentation and Ken Bailey-K1FUG on an
ARRL Beginner's Course in Ham Radio Hurricane Preparedness. Finally, a Q &
A session and door raffle prizes will be offered.

Amateur Radio presentations will be recorded and live streamed. The livestr
eam for 2016 will utilize Youtube for livestreaming purposes. The livestrea
m links will be as follows:
http://www.nsradio.org/stream
http://www.voipwx.net/files/stream.htm
2016 National Hurricane Conference Presenters:
Special guest speaker Dr Richard Knabb, Director, National Hurricane Center
Special guest speaker Bob Robichaud, VE1MBR, Canadian Hurricane Center
Julio Ripoll, WD4R, WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Station Coordinator
Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, Hurricane Watch Net Manager
Rob Macedo, KD1CY, Director of Operations, VoIP Hurricane Net and ARRL ARES
Eastern Massachusetts Assistant SEC
Ken Bailey, K1FUG, ARRL Assistant Manager of Preparedness and Response
Detailed Schedule Outline - All Times (Eastern Daylight Time - EDT):
115-130 PM: Meet and Greet with Dr. Rick Knabb and presenters
130-135 PM: Opening Remarks
135-200 PM: Importance of Amateur Radio / Spotter Surface Reports with Q &
A (Dr. Rick Knabb)
200-230 PM: Canadian Hurricane Centre and Hurricane Meteorological Topics (
VE1MBR-Bob R)
230-300 PM: WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Cen
ter Overview (WD4R)
300-315 PM: Break
315-345 PM: Hurricane Watch Net Overview, Personal Weather Stations and Bac
kup Power and
Antenna Overview (KB5HAV)
345-415 PM: VoIP Hurricane Net Overview & Best Practices in SKYWARN for Tro
pical Systems (KD1CY)
415-445 PM: ARRL Beginner's Course in Ham Radio Hurricane Preparedness (K1F
UG)
445-500 PM: Moderated Q & A and Door Prize Raffle (All)