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Offline Ct Yankee

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Currently via NA5B WebSDR.  No terrestrial reception here yet.  http://na5b.com:8901/?tune=7268lsb&fbclid=IwAR2yj6rfnw5w6BkDkQ7gA2Ea7WIwRkwt11C2FZbgvu97trGFVHROeXRmntY

1430 OM giving hurricane status update.  Focus on some local Florida impacts - Jupiter inlet, etc.
1434 Request for weather reports from affected areas.  Asking if there are emergency or mobile stations operating?
1437 Asking for propagation reports.
1456 OM reading 11 am EDT (1500 utc) National Weather Service advisory
« Last Edit: August 01, 2020, 1735 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Hurricane Watch Net 7268 lsb/14325 usb 1430 utc 1 Aug 2020
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2020, 1940 UTC »
1937 UTC - 7268 kHz, W3ENK with Hurricane Isaias updates to winds, rain and storm path, signal is S9 in WNY.
1940 UTC - Looking for Hurricane Watch Net members to check-in.
2000 UTC - K4NDN took over the net, signal is S7.
« Last Edit: August 01, 2020, 2010 UTC by Traveling Wave »
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Re: Hurricane Watch Net 7268 lsb/14325 usb 1430 utc 1 Aug 2020
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2020, 2003 UTC »
S7, now have terrestrial reception on 7268.  Broadcast from near Traveling Wave in Niagra Falls, NY.

2000 Hurricane Watch Net ID, OM looking for reports of storm conditions/damage
2005 In 55 minutes new update from NWS.
2016 OM "Rain in the Bahamas...."
« Last Edit: August 01, 2020, 2016 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Hurricane Watch Net 7268 lsb/14325 usb 1430 utc 1 Aug 2020
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2020, 0330 UTC »
Just got done listening for a while (0302-0348 UTC) on 7268 LSB, both directly and via K4LUX SDR in North Carolina.

I could hear Watch Net participants at times in poor to fair signals directly. I then tuned via the SDR to hear the details. Male voice reading hurricane forecast warning, ending with “Whiskey, Foxtrot, Four, Hotel out” at 0306 UTC. I could then, at 0309 UTC, hear him via the K4LUZ SDR call to another operator. Around 0313 UTC, I heard another operator – K4BY in North Carolina, I think – calling for relays with a signal that was copiable on my own radio, even during daylight here. He then took reports from others, including KK4ENI in Florida.

K4BY then gave the storm advisory just after 0330 UTC and continued to invite relays or others to report conditions until I switched off the frequency at 0348 UTC. Some nice cross-country signals heard here.
« Last Edit: August 02, 2020, 0349 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: Hurricane Watch Net 7268 lsb/14325 usb 1430 utc 1 Aug 2020
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2020, 1618 UTC »
1619 UTC - 3 Aug. 2020, N8BHL Hurricane Watch Net transmitting on 3268 kHz, signal is S7-S9 in WNY. Looking for check-in's and local weather reports in affected area's.
Location: Western New York ( Niagara Frontier)
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Re: Hurricane Watch Net 7268 lsb/14325 usb 1430 utc 1 Aug 2020
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2020, 2101 UTC »
2058 utc 3 Aug 2020  7268 lsb  S7

2058 Report given by individual 10 miles sse of Charleston, SC, reporting deteriorating conditions
2300 OM id's self (W3ENK) and Hurricane Watch Net, explains purpose of broadcast, S8
0008 Storm surge warnings detailed from South Carolina to Martha's Vineyard, MA.
« Last Edit: August 04, 2020, 0009 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: Hurricane Watch Net 7268 lsb/14325 usb 1430 utc 1 Aug 2020
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2020, 0024 UTC »
4 Aug 2020

7268 kHz LSB
0022Z W6LMJ looking for weather reports.





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