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SUMMARY:National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station Annual Test
DESCRIPTION:Special Bulletin 1  ARLX001From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT  May 16\, 2023To all radio amateursSB SPCL ARL ARLX001ARLX001 National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station Annual TestThe amateur radio station of the National Hurricane Center\, WX4NHC(NHC)\, located on the campus of Florida International University inMiami\, will conduct their on-the-air Annual Communications Test onSaturday\, May 27\, 2023\, from 9 AM – 5 PM EDT (1300z-2100z).This is the NHC’s 43rd year of public service. NHC Amateur RadioAssistant Coordinator Julio Ripoll\, WD4R/WX4NHC\, reports that thepurpose of this event is to test amateur radio equipment andantennas at the NHC as well as operators’ home equipment\, antennas\,and computers prior to this year’s hurricane season. The 2023hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through November 30.This event is good practice for amateur radio operators worldwide topractice amateur radio communications during times of severeweather.Ripoll said WX4NHC will be on HF\, VHF\, UHF\, 2- and 30-meter APRS\,and Winlink. To contact the NHC’s amateur radio station send anemail to\, wx4nhc@winlink.org. The subject of the email must contain//WL2K.The Hurricane Watch Net will try to stay on 14.325 MHz for most ofthe time\, as well as 7.268 MHz depending on propagation. They mayalso change frequencies due to potential QRM.You may be able to find WX4NHC on HF by using one of the DX spottingnetworks\, such as the DX Summit website at\, http://www.dxsummit.fi .The VoIP Hurricane Net will also be active from 4 PM – 5 PM EDT(2000-2100z)\, on IRLP node 9219/EchoLink WX-TALK Conference node7203.  Visit their website at https://voipwx.net for moreinformation.WX4NHC will also make a few contacts on local VHF and UHF repeaters\,as well as the Florida Statewide Amateur Radio Network (SARnet)system to test station equipment.QSL cards are available via WD4R with a self-addressed stampedenvelope. More information about the NHC is available at theirwebsite https://w4ehw.fiu.edu/ . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n    \n                        \n                \n    0    \n\n    \n                        \n                \n    0
URL:http://n2re.org/event/national-hurricane-center-amateur-radio-station-annual-test
CATEGORIES:On-Air Net,Operating Event
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