As the third major hurricane in two months crossed the Caribbean Sea, radio
amateurs in the region have once again been in action, providing emergency
communications. The Hurricane Watch Net has been in almost continuous
operation on 14325kHz for over three weeks. It coordinates its activities
with WX4NHC at the American National Hurricane Centre, which gathers
real-time weather data and damage reports from radio amateurs in the path of
the hurricane.

In Cuba, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, praised the
Hurricane Watch Net for its outstanding efforts in collecting ground-level
weather data from stations in Cuba. CO2KK was the Hurricane Watch Net
liaison station. He and many other Cuban amateurs were active in providing
communications as Hurricane Ivan passed over the north-western end of the
island. Arnie said that nearly 800 Cuban amateurs were involved in handling
emergency traffic related to Hurricane Ivan. He spent some 55 hours in
continuous operation handling emergency traffic to the affected area.

In the Cayman Islands, HMS Richmond was moored off Grand Cayman but had no
communications to shore to direct its humanitarian relief efforts. A member
of the Hurricane Watch Net called London to get a satellite telephone number
for the governor of the Cayman Islands, which was relayed to the Richmond
via the net. The Hurricane Watch Net was also able to advise the Richmond
that it was possible to land an aircraft on the Grand Cayman airport runway.
It had been assumed the runway was unusable until the net learned from a
private pilot that it was still possible to land there.

As Hurricane Ivan threatens the US Gulf Coast, the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service there is being placed on standby alert. Local Emergency Coordinators
are establishing VHF and UHF repeater nets and monitoring the emergency
frequencies of 3965 and 7243kHz.

A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website.

Amateurs Handle Emergency Comms in Wake of Hurricane Ivan
As the third major hurricane in two months crossed the Caribbean Sea, radio
amateurs in the region have once again been in action, providing emergency
communications. The Hurricane Watch Net has been in almost continuous
operation on 14325kHz for over three weeks. It coordinates its activities
with WX4NHC at the American National Hurricane Centre, which gathers
real-time weather data and damage reports from radio amateurs in the path of
the hurricane.

In Cuba, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, praised the
Hurricane Watch Net for its outstanding efforts in collecting ground-level
weather data from stations in Cuba. CO2KK was the Hurricane Watch Net
liaison station. He and many other Cuban amateurs were active in providing
communications as Hurricane Ivan passed over the north-western end of the
island. Arnie said that nearly 800 Cuban amateurs were involved in handling
emergency traffic related to Hurricane Ivan. He spent some 55 hours in
continuous operation handling emergency traffic to the affected area.

In the Cayman Islands, HMS Richmond was moored off Grand Cayman but had no
communications to shore to direct its humanitarian relief efforts. A member
of the Hurricane Watch Net called London to get a satellite telephone number
for the governor of the Cayman Islands, which was relayed to the Richmond
via the net. The Hurricane Watch Net was also able to advise the Richmond
that it was possible to land an aircraft on the Grand Cayman airport runway.
It had been assumed the runway was unusable until the net learned from a
private pilot that it was still possible to land there.

As Hurricane Ivan threatens the US Gulf Coast, the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service there is being placed on standby alert.

Local Emergency Coordinators are establishing VHF and UHF repeater nets and
monitoring the emergency frequencies of 3965 and 7243kHz.

A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website.

Amateurs Handle Emergency Comms in Wake of Hurricane Ivan
As the third major hurricane in two months crossed the Caribbean Sea, radio
amateurs in the region have once again been in action, providing emergency
communications. The Hurricane Watch Net has been in almost continuous
operation on 14325kHz for over three weeks. It coordinates its activities
with WX4NHC at the American National Hurricane Centre, which gathers
real-time weather data and damage reports from radio amateurs in the path of
the hurricane.

In Cuba, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, praised the
Hurricane Watch Net for its outstanding efforts in collecting ground-level
weather data from stations in Cuba. CO2KK was the Hurricane Watch Net
liaison station. He and many other Cuban amateurs were active in providing
communications as Hurricane Ivan passed over the north-western end of the
island. Arnie said that nearly 800 Cuban amateurs were involved in handling
emergency traffic related to Hurricane Ivan. He spent some 55 hours in
continuous operation handling emergency traffic to the affected area.

In the Cayman Islands, HMS Richmond was moored off Grand Cayman but had no
communications to shore to direct its humanitarian relief efforts. A member
of the Hurricane Watch Net called London to get a satellite telephone number
for the governor of the Cayman Islands, which was relayed to the Richmond
via the net. The Hurricane Watch Net was also able to advise the Richmond
that it was possible to land an aircraft on the Grand Cayman airport runway.
It had been assumed the runway was unusable until the net learned from a
private pilot that it was still possible to land there.

As Hurricane Ivan threatens the US Gulf Coast, the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service there is being placed on standby alert. Local Emergency Coordinators
are establishing VHF and UHF repeater nets and monitoring the emergency
frequencies of 3965 and 7243kHz.

A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website at
http://www.arrl.org/

Mike Terry wrote:
A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website at
http://www.arrl.org/

There's a longer version?! It already set a record for a press release.
I gather somebody wants to take the frequencies away. Jeez, talk about
pointless self-importance. You could get even better emergency communications
by putting up more cell phone towers and not have to suffer through the
press release.

Look for a ``Car-jackers Handle Emergency Transportation'' release from
civil rights organizatons.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Does anyone have any information about the node status of the IRLP
station on Cayman? www.irlp.net
I have checked the listings but the station is not listed anymore.
I will be on island next month and will bring VHF gear and hope to use
the irlp when I get there. 73.

Here is a link to the Cayman amateur radio club in Cayman Islands.
http://www.alarnold.ca/cayman-restoration.html

In article , (Al
Arnold) writes:

Subject: Amateurs Handle Emergency Comms in Wake of Hurricane Ivan
From: (Al Arnold)
Date: 18 Sep 2004 18:42:18 GMT

Does anyone have any information about the node status of the IRLP
station on Cayman? www.irlp.net
I have checked the listings but the station is not listed anymore.

I will be on island next month and will bring VHF gear and hope to use
the irlp when I get there. 73.

AL:

At this point the only people being allowed onto Grand Cayman are emergency
workers;

Read the story on this link quite informative

http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?f=3&i=8618&t=8618

"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
Mike Terry wrote:
A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website at
http://www.arrl.org/

There's a longer version?! It already set a record for a press release.
I gather somebody wants to take the frequencies away. Jeez, talk about
pointless self-importance. You could get even better emergency
communications
by putting up more cell phone towers and not have to suffer through the
press release.

Look for a ``Car-jackers Handle Emergency Transportation'' release from
civil rights organizatons.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.


gee Ron, why go to such an effort to belittle a group of volunteers who
donate their time, equipment, and expertise and only to have the
satisfaction that they helped some people?

"Tim Perry" wrote in message
...

"Ron Hardin" wrote in message
...
Mike Terry wrote:
A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website
at
http://www.arrl.org/

There's a longer version?! It already set a record for a press release.
I gather somebody wants to take the frequencies away. Jeez, talk about
pointless self-importance. You could get even better emergency
communications
by putting up more cell phone towers and not have to suffer through the
press release.

Look for a ``Car-jackers Handle Emergency Transportation'' release from
civil rights organizatons.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.


gee Ron, why go to such an effort to belittle a group of volunteers who
donate their time, equipment, and expertise and only to have the
satisfaction that they helped some people?


Their work is thankless, and a little overblown press once and awhile is
about as bad as that gets. What's really aggravating, is to hear the vermin
crawl out of their holes and whistle and otherwise deliberately disrupt
emergency communications on the HWN and Maritime Mobile Net. Some Amateur
operators in spanish and asian languages (one group allegedly operates
within Florida) deliberately acts up on 14323 whenever the net is active on
14325.

Jack

As residents clean up in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, Tim Skelly Cason,
professional musician from Fort Walton Beach, Florida, now in Los
Angeles California says:
"My Brother, Ted Cason of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Dept. has been
working with local residents using all types of short wave
communications. All communication was lost during and immediately
following the storm. Short wave devices became the source of
communication within the department and to contact residents around
Fort Walton Beach and Destin."
The damaged sustained by Hurricane Ivan will obviously take years to
correct. Tim Skelly Cason also said "… after Hurricane Opal, parts of
highway 98 were impassable for weeks. Now, Hurricane Ivan has
re-opened the wounds left by Opal and is a stark reminder of the power
of mother nature's fury!"
Tim Skelly Cason, former bassist of the band Cripple Need Cane also
went on to say,
"People in California and other parts of the nation that don't have
experience with hurricanes have no idea how it all happens. The worst
part is the water surge up from the Gulf of Mexico. This ‘storm
surge' brings excessive high-tides and waves about 10 times their
normal size, and in a place that gets 2 foot waves on average, a 10 to
15 foot wave on top of an already high tide, causes extreme changes to
the coastline and any structures in it's path."
Tim Skelly Cason, will be appearing in New York City at the Bass
Player Live event sponsored by Bass Player Magazine, Saturday and
Sunday, October 16 and 17 to demonstrate products for Roland, the
largest musical instrument manufacturer in the world. During his stay
in Manhattan he will use short wave radio to communicate to his
companions. Tim Skelly Cason is an electronics engineer as well and
went on to say,
"After 911, (September 11th,) I'll be a lot more prone to carry a
short wave walkie-talkie when I'm in the city. I'm glad we have this
old technology to fall back on. It's in many ways superior to all the
hype and hoopla of modern digital communication devices."
You can read more from Tim Skelly Cason, former Bassist for the band
Cripple Need Cane, at http://www.timcason.com




"Mike Terry" wrote in message ...
As the third major hurricane in two months crossed the Caribbean Sea, radio
amateurs in the region have once again been in action, providing emergency
communications. The Hurricane Watch Net has been in almost continuous
operation on 14325kHz for over three weeks. It coordinates its activities
with WX4NHC at the American National Hurricane Centre, which gathers
real-time weather data and damage reports from radio amateurs in the path of
the hurricane.

In Cuba, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, praised the
Hurricane Watch Net for its outstanding efforts in collecting ground-level
weather data from stations in Cuba. CO2KK was the Hurricane Watch Net
liaison station. He and many other Cuban amateurs were active in providing
communications as Hurricane Ivan passed over the north-western end of the
island. Arnie said that nearly 800 Cuban amateurs were involved in handling
emergency traffic related to Hurricane Ivan. He spent some 55 hours in
continuous operation handling emergency traffic to the affected area.

In the Cayman Islands, HMS Richmond was moored off Grand Cayman but had no
communications to shore to direct its humanitarian relief efforts. A member
of the Hurricane Watch Net called London to get a satellite telephone number
for the governor of the Cayman Islands, which was relayed to the Richmond
via the net. The Hurricane Watch Net was also able to advise the Richmond
that it was possible to land an aircraft on the Grand Cayman airport runway.
It had been assumed the runway was unusable until the net learned from a
private pilot that it was still possible to land there.

As Hurricane Ivan threatens the US Gulf Coast, the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service there is being placed on standby alert. Local Emergency Coordinators
are establishing VHF and UHF repeater nets and monitoring the emergency
frequencies of 3965 and 7243kHz.

A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website.

Amateurs Handle Emergency Comms in Wake of Hurricane Ivan
As the third major hurricane in two months crossed the Caribbean Sea, radio
amateurs in the region have once again been in action, providing emergency
communications. The Hurricane Watch Net has been in almost continuous
operation on 14325kHz for over three weeks. It coordinates its activities
with WX4NHC at the American National Hurricane Centre, which gathers
real-time weather data and damage reports from radio amateurs in the path of
the hurricane.

In Cuba, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, praised the
Hurricane Watch Net for its outstanding efforts in collecting ground-level
weather data from stations in Cuba. CO2KK was the Hurricane Watch Net
liaison station. He and many other Cuban amateurs were active in providing
communications as Hurricane Ivan passed over the north-western end of the
island. Arnie said that nearly 800 Cuban amateurs were involved in handling
emergency traffic related to Hurricane Ivan. He spent some 55 hours in
continuous operation handling emergency traffic to the affected area.

In the Cayman Islands, HMS Richmond was moored off Grand Cayman but had no
communications to shore to direct its humanitarian relief efforts. A member
of the Hurricane Watch Net called London to get a satellite telephone number
for the governor of the Cayman Islands, which was relayed to the Richmond
via the net. The Hurricane Watch Net was also able to advise the Richmond
that it was possible to land an aircraft on the Grand Cayman airport runway.
It had been assumed the runway was unusable until the net learned from a
private pilot that it was still possible to land there.

As Hurricane Ivan threatens the US Gulf Coast, the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service there is being placed on standby alert.

Local Emergency Coordinators are establishing VHF and UHF repeater nets and
monitoring the emergency frequencies of 3965 and 7243kHz.

A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website.

Amateurs Handle Emergency Comms in Wake of Hurricane Ivan
As the third major hurricane in two months crossed the Caribbean Sea, radio
amateurs in the region have once again been in action, providing emergency
communications. The Hurricane Watch Net has been in almost continuous
operation on 14325kHz for over three weeks. It coordinates its activities
with WX4NHC at the American National Hurricane Centre, which gathers
real-time weather data and damage reports from radio amateurs in the path of
the hurricane.

In Cuba, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, praised the
Hurricane Watch Net for its outstanding efforts in collecting ground-level
weather data from stations in Cuba. CO2KK was the Hurricane Watch Net
liaison station. He and many other Cuban amateurs were active in providing
communications as Hurricane Ivan passed over the north-western end of the
island. Arnie said that nearly 800 Cuban amateurs were involved in handling
emergency traffic related to Hurricane Ivan. He spent some 55 hours in
continuous operation handling emergency traffic to the affected area.

In the Cayman Islands, HMS Richmond was moored off Grand Cayman but had no
communications to shore to direct its humanitarian relief efforts. A member
of the Hurricane Watch Net called London to get a satellite telephone number
for the governor of the Cayman Islands, which was relayed to the Richmond
via the net. The Hurricane Watch Net was also able to advise the Richmond
that it was possible to land an aircraft on the Grand Cayman airport runway.
It had been assumed the runway was unusable until the net learned from a
private pilot that it was still possible to land there.

As Hurricane Ivan threatens the US Gulf Coast, the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service there is being placed on standby alert. Local Emergency Coordinators
are establishing VHF and UHF repeater nets and monitoring the emergency
frequencies of 3965 and 7243kHz.

A longer version of this news story is available on the ARRL website at
http://www.arrl.org/