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Thanks for tuning in to this 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.319 episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're joined 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:01.879 by Bobby Graves, KB5HAV from the Hurricane WatchNet. 00:02:02.170 --> 00:02:06.569 and also Lloyd Colston, KC5 FM from the voiceover 00:02:06.569 --> 00:02:10.110 IP Hurricane Net. And we'll take your calls live 00:02:10.110 --> 00:02:13.409 in just a few minutes. 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Eastern time right here at ham talk live 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:12.160 .com And of course if you miss it you can catch 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:16.079 us on most popular podcasting sites as well as 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.819 our website HamTalkLive .com. So joining us tonight 00:05:19.819 --> 00:05:23.819 is Bobby Graves Jr. KB5HAV. He became a ham radio 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:27.600 operator in 1988 and in the fall of 88 he's learned 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.000 about SkyWarn and the National Weather Service 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.079 office in Jackson Mississippi. He was interested 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:36.319 in starting a program and over the next few months 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.230 he and some friends helped create Mississippi 00:05:39.230 --> 00:05:42.649 Skywarn. He began training weather spotters, 00:05:42.670 --> 00:05:45.629 became an emergency coordinator and a district 00:05:45.629 --> 00:05:48.790 emergency coordinator and helped create the RACES 00:05:48.790 --> 00:05:51.370 group for Mississippi along with some friends. 00:05:53.069 --> 00:05:57.910 From October 2002 to September 2006, Bobby served 00:05:57.910 --> 00:05:59.970 as an assistant net manager for the Hurricane 00:05:59.970 --> 00:06:04.170 Watch Net, and in April 2013, he was appointed 00:06:04.170 --> 00:06:08.629 net manager. Lloyd Colston, KC5FM, is the public 00:06:08.629 --> 00:06:12.350 information officer for the voiceover IP Hurricane 00:06:12.350 --> 00:06:15.569 Net. Lloyd has been a net control for the VoIP 00:06:15.569 --> 00:06:19.550 Hurricane Net since 2004, and he joined the team 00:06:19.550 --> 00:06:23.189 in July 2006 as the public information officer, 00:06:23.589 --> 00:06:26.290 which ties to his career in emergency management 00:06:26.290 --> 00:06:30.269 within Oklahoma. And Lloyd is a past ARRL section 00:06:30.269 --> 00:06:34.110 manager for Oklahoma and currently the public 00:06:34.110 --> 00:06:37.029 information officer. So Bobby and Lloyd, thank 00:06:37.029 --> 00:06:39.509 you so much for coming on HamTalk Live tonight. 00:06:40.870 --> 00:06:43.180 Thanks for having us. Yeah, thanks a lot. It's 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:49.000 good to be here. Well, you guys are in an unprecedented 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:54.839 situation right now, and I hesitated to ask, 00:06:55.100 --> 00:06:57.439 but this morning I did, and within five minutes 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:02.540 both of you said yes. So we'll get this in before 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:06.399 total chaos breaks out here in a day or two, 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:12.000 but we're still working on The aftermath of Harvey 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.740 and now we've got three hurricanes out in the 00:07:15.740 --> 00:07:19.920 Atlantic. So I guess the question on everybody's 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:24.899 mind Bobby is Where is Jim Cantori going next? 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:29.279 I Think if he could find it find a way to get 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:33.540 himself cloned he would It's a it's an amazing 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:35.819 question. He's a great guy. He'd love to get 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:38.610 out there. Let's get out and show them the strength 00:07:38.610 --> 00:07:41.490 of what the hurricanes can do. So in addition 00:07:41.490 --> 00:07:44.569 to tracking Jim Cantore, you guys are tracking 00:07:44.569 --> 00:07:48.290 the hurricane. So fill us in on the status of 00:07:48.290 --> 00:07:50.949 the hurricane watch net at present time. Remind 00:07:50.949 --> 00:07:53.470 people the frequency and how to listen if they 00:07:53.470 --> 00:07:56.529 just want to listen. And then who should be calling 00:07:56.529 --> 00:08:00.670 in at the net the present time. And gee, what 00:08:00.670 --> 00:08:04.149 a great time to have this massive solar flare, 00:08:04.149 --> 00:08:10.639 right? Oh my gosh. We've been going months with 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.379 hardly any propagation at all. If it was, it's 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:17.399 been very little, a little iffy at times. You 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:19.019 know, it may get a little solar flare here and 00:08:19.019 --> 00:08:20.839 there, but it's just a little bit of light typing. 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:23.100 When everything clears, you know, you get some 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:25.839 pretty good propagation. But here it is, we're 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:28.560 just not working a hurricane. We're working the 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:30.860 strongest hurricane to develop in the Atlantic 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:34.840 basin in history, where it topped out 185 miles 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.860 per hour. And then, when we do activate, then 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:41.320 we get the largest solar flare to take place 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.299 in over a decade. And when it did, it knocked 00:08:43.299 --> 00:08:47.659 out communications for hours. And there's been 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:50.679 quite a few solar flares that's been flickering 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:55.080 for about the past, well, 24 hours anyway. But 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:59.440 we've been working Hurricane Irma, moving through 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.500 the Leeward Islands, and then knew that Jose 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:05.409 was coming behind. I didn't realize it was going 00:09:05.409 --> 00:09:07.710 to strengthen as fast as it did. All of a sudden, 00:09:07.710 --> 00:09:09.809 you get out in the Gulf of Mexico, get Acadia, 00:09:09.909 --> 00:09:13.549 it develops real fast, and we're thinking, okay, 00:09:13.669 --> 00:09:15.389 maybe two hurricanes. We've done that before 00:09:15.389 --> 00:09:19.129 in the past. But now, Jose is coming on the hills 00:09:19.129 --> 00:09:22.789 of Irma, and it looks like it's got a chance 00:09:22.789 --> 00:09:24.950 of coming across the same area that Irma took 00:09:24.950 --> 00:09:27.070 through the northern Leeward Islands, though. 00:09:27.629 --> 00:09:30.230 Not only we're looking at two storms to maybe 00:09:30.230 --> 00:09:33.879 talk about... for landfall and hurricanes, but 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:36.000 possibly three. And that's been, we've never 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:38.000 done that in the 52 year history of the hurricane 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:44.200 watch net. And, and still dealing with Harvey. 00:09:44.980 --> 00:09:47.679 Yeah. Four folks in the, uh, and Texas still 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:50.120 dealing with aftermath of Harvey. And, uh, that 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:53.539 was an amazing storm right there because, uh, 00:09:53.620 --> 00:09:56.240 when it did become a tropical storm, it was forecast 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.620 within 24 hours to make landfall as a tropical 00:09:58.620 --> 00:10:03.000 storm. Well, It wasn't long after we activate. 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:04.740 I had a feeling it was going to become a hurricane 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:08.299 and it did, but then all of a sudden, it blew 00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:11.159 up to category three and then all of a sudden, 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.559 cat four and then just stalls. Goodness gracious, 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:16.980 I've never seen anything like that in my life. 00:10:17.059 --> 00:10:20.100 The last time I saw anything similar was a tropical 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:22.940 storm, I believe it was Allison, that hit Houston 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:25.519 back in 2001. It just sat there and stalled and 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:27.259 dropped, I forget, I think something like 40 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:29.299 -some -odd inches of rain and flooded all of 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:32.419 Houston. But nothing like a hurricane like this 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:35.519 one did with all the rain on top of it. So They 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:39.679 got hit with the wind and the rain It's been 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:44.159 pretty pretty massive so so what is the status 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:48.059 of the net and and The frequencies and how to 00:10:48.059 --> 00:10:52.039 listen and that kind of thing Well, unlike years 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.200 ago where the hurricane washed it was just a 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.659 20 meter only net operating on 14 decimal 3 2 00:10:56.659 --> 00:11:00.759 5 When I became that manager in 2013 made the 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:04.019 decision to make us a 24 -hour net until no longer 00:11:04.019 --> 00:11:06.559 needed because hurricanes do make landfall at 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:10.720 night time. So, we've been active since 2 p .m. 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:14.480 Eastern on Tuesday and will remain in continuous 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:19.340 operation until further notice until no longer 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:23.360 needed. Right now, we've suspended daytime operations 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.799 on 14 -325. We're on our nighttime frequency 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:29.690 on the 40 -meter band of 7 .... 2 6 8 megahertz 00:11:29.690 --> 00:11:35.269 and We'll stay going there until 7 30 in the 00:11:35.269 --> 00:11:39.009 morning and we'll switch back a little by 7 will 00:11:39.009 --> 00:11:42.789 already be switched back to 14 3 2 5 and be operating 00:11:42.789 --> 00:11:45.370 there in the daytime there and we'll keep that 00:11:45.370 --> 00:11:48.789 same Schedule going throughout if there's any 00:11:48.789 --> 00:11:50.549 change. We'll have that posted on our website 00:11:50.549 --> 00:11:57.529 at hwn .org Okay, very good and Lloyd same question 00:11:57.529 --> 00:12:00.250 Fill us in on the voice over IP hurricane net. 00:12:00.710 --> 00:12:04.049 What's the present status and remind people how 00:12:04.049 --> 00:12:07.129 to Connect to the net and listen and who should 00:12:07.129 --> 00:12:12.570 be calling in Well currently we are in what I 00:12:12.570 --> 00:12:16.529 call a speaker watch and the people on the net 00:12:16.529 --> 00:12:20.070 are just there listening monitoring for urgent 00:12:20.070 --> 00:12:25.419 needs for reports from the affected area. Just 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:28.200 like the solar flare affects HF propagation, 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:32.100 our downfall, if you will let me use that word, 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:35.500 and I don't like using that word, but our weakness 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:41.440 is that in Cuba and Dominican Republic, Kirks 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:45.000 and Tecos, there's not many IRLP stations, not 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.480 many Echolink stations. In fact, there are even 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:52.620 very few APRS weather stations that are available. 00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:58.059 So, who should be there? Anyone's welcome to 00:12:58.059 --> 00:13:02.519 check in. If you are from the affected area, 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:09.039 we'd like you to check in on 9219 on IRLP. Echolink 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:13.039 7... 203 echo link is weather talk conference 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:19.000 and we have added all star net and for the duration 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:22.580 of the net i'm keeping my all star node logged 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:26.100 in to echo link and my personal all star node 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:33.720 is 28848 so now if you are not in the affected 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.639 area and want to listen use one of our listen 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.899 only resources and that will let people in the 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:44.679 affected area more than likely be able to check 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:49.019 in on our net. That list and only resources are 00:13:49.019 --> 00:13:56.500 listed at our website ypwx .net, victoroscarindyapapawhiskeyxray 00:13:56.500 --> 00:14:00.580 .net is the website and go there, you'll know 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:03.820 when we activate, you'll know when we deactivate 00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:08.419 and all the resources for the net. are listed 00:14:08.419 --> 00:14:14.139 there. Just like Bobby recruits new people to 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:19.500 help, if you want to help, email KD1CY at ARRL 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:25.000 .net KD1CY is Kilo Delta 1 Charlie Yankee at 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:30.000 ARRL .net and you'll get hooked in and get trained 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:34.220 and we can put you to work on the VOIP WXNet. 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:38.820 And that's Rob Macedo and he was talked about 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:41.500 coming on the show and with everything going 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:44.980 on I totally understand he he decided to leave 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:48.659 it in your capable hands tonight. So again, you 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:52.779 can get a hold of Rob and and get trained and 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:56.419 get up to speed on that. So OK, so there's the 00:14:56.419 --> 00:15:01.919 two nets that are going, one on HF, one on the 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:07.139 VHF and UHF linking. And so you can check those 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:11.700 out and listen. And Bobby, this may be an off 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:14.860 guard question here, but it seems like I remember 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:19.820 there was an internet stream of 14 -3 -2 -5 available 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:21.879 for people that want to listen if they don't 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:25.639 have capability. Do you know if that's still 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:30.259 available? Yes, we do. On our homepage, towards 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:34.379 the top right -hand side of the screen, we have 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:38.360 a link for streaming audio. We have two stations 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:42.639 that stream the audio. One's located up in Niagara 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.600 Falls, New York, the other one's in Minneapolis, 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:50.220 Minnesota. And since we are operating on 14325 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:56.779 and 7268, and sometimes at the same time, both 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:58.700 frequencies are being streamed live over the 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:03.039 internet. Okay, very good. Well, Bobby, why don't 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:07.960 you give us a status of all of these hurricanes, 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:10.320 where they are, and what you're expecting to 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:15.700 happen in the next couple of days. Well, of course 00:16:15.700 --> 00:16:19.860 the big show is Irma and right now as of the 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:24.779 8 p .m. Advisory or zero hundred UTC Irma is 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:28.720 about 55 miles west southwest of Grand Turk In 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:31.120 the Turks and Caicos Islands and about 90 miles 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:34.840 east of a Grand Inagua Island Still packing winds 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:36.779 of a hundred seventy five miles per hour and 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:39.600 move into the west northwest at 16 miles per 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.110 hour It's going to be affecting the Bahamas tomorrow 00:16:43.110 --> 00:16:45.230 and then over the weekend hitting South Florida. 00:16:45.830 --> 00:16:48.070 Now, who knows if it's going to go into the Gulf 00:16:48.070 --> 00:16:51.850 side or come up towards Miami and then up towards 00:16:51.850 --> 00:16:54.149 maybe Georgia, South Carolina, even North Carolina, 00:16:54.210 --> 00:16:57.250 who knows just yet. But going past 36 hours, 00:16:58.090 --> 00:17:00.169 any forecast to tell, it's sort of hard to tell, 00:17:00.750 --> 00:17:04.029 but that's where we're at with Irma. We've got 00:17:04.029 --> 00:17:07.309 Hosea is tracking right behind Irma. It's located 00:17:07.309 --> 00:17:11.250 about... 540 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. 00:17:11.329 --> 00:17:14.150 It's a category three hurricane with maximum 00:17:14.150 --> 00:17:17.450 sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and it's 00:17:17.450 --> 00:17:19.890 moving to the west northwest at 18 miles per 00:17:19.890 --> 00:17:24.029 hour. And then another storm we've got and the 00:17:24.029 --> 00:17:25.789 hurricane hunters at this particular time they're 00:17:25.789 --> 00:17:29.809 en route to investigate and that's Cotia at 7 00:17:29.809 --> 00:17:33.559 p .m. Central Time or 0100 UTC. It was about 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.539 190 miles north -northeast of Veracruz, Mexico. 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:40.440 We're about 210 miles east of Tampico. It's a 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:43.819 Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds at 00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:45.839 80 miles per hour, and right now it's just sitting 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.980 dead still. It may make landfall tomorrow night. 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.359 It may make landfall Saturday. The forecast goes 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:55.720 into Mexico, but right now, being stationary, 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.680 a lot of things can change, so it could go anywhere. 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:02.650 We're on the wait -and -see deal on that. Okay 00:18:02.650 --> 00:18:05.769 and I was just watching the Weather Channel all 00:18:05.769 --> 00:18:10.609 ago looking out for Jim Cantore and watching 00:18:10.609 --> 00:18:16.069 some of the response and some of the proposed 00:18:16.069 --> 00:18:18.509 tracks and they're saying maybe it'll go west 00:18:18.509 --> 00:18:21.730 a little bit more now but Florida is definitely 00:18:21.730 --> 00:18:29.150 going to get hit and the that were talking about 00:18:29.150 --> 00:18:34.049 supplies and gasoline and evacuations and schools 00:18:34.049 --> 00:18:38.170 closing and all that kind of thing. So just get 00:18:38.170 --> 00:18:40.670 out there and listen. There's a lot of information 00:18:40.670 --> 00:18:46.569 out there. But as he said, anything over 36 hours 00:18:46.569 --> 00:18:50.710 is still kind of shaky. So we'll see how that 00:18:50.710 --> 00:18:54.750 goes. But definitely want to. Remind everybody 00:18:54.750 --> 00:18:59.069 to stay safe and be prepared for what's coming 00:18:59.069 --> 00:19:02.829 because it sounds like it's definitely coming. 00:19:03.730 --> 00:19:09.190 So Lloyd, when people want to respond like, you 00:19:09.190 --> 00:19:11.730 know, for Harvey in the aftermath and that kind 00:19:11.730 --> 00:19:15.990 of thing, and so people will probably be, you 00:19:15.990 --> 00:19:20.170 know, trying to deploy next week early after 00:19:20.170 --> 00:19:24.279 this hit. So how How should they go about doing 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:28.859 that? Well, first off, it's not wise to self 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:33.640 deploy. So be aligned with your local racy radio 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.380 amateur civil emergency service. Be aligned with 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:39.460 your local amateur radio emergency service. Be 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:43.359 aligned with a group like the American Red Cross 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:49.119 or Salvation Army. They all, all those use hams 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.539 and their response. So be aligned with them. 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:57.299 don't self -deploy, but if you do go, have a 00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:59.299 mission for going, don't just show up and say, 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:03.700 I'm a ham, I'm here to help, because they're 00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:08.039 already inundated with spontaneous volunteers. 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:12.619 Speaking of, I'd like to mention if you have 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:16.440 friends in Harveyland, hams tell your friends 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:21.420 and loved ones to call 800 -621 -FEMA. 800 -621 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:24.500 -FEMA is the number for your friends and relatives 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:28.240 and loved ones in Harveyland to begin their recovery. 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:34.319 In the interest of IRMA, well, in the interest 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:37.700 of IRMA, we've already submitted about 100 reports 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:41.880 to the National Hurricane Center, and those reports 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:46.839 are viewable on our webpage at voipwx .net. And 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:50.920 then Katya and ARMA, are supposed to be making 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:57.859 fairly close landfalls within Katia, still yet 00:20:57.859 --> 00:21:03.039 moving into Mexico, as Bobby mentioned, kind 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:05.319 of wandering around there in the Gulf. Thankfully, 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:09.039 it's staying away from the Texas Gulf Coast so 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:13.200 that recovery can still go on, but Katia is going 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:17.180 along and the VYP nets is going to stand up. 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:21.900 Beyond Speaker Watch, Saturday, Friday night, 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:26.319 Saturday morning, Procadia, and then also monitoring 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:30.599 for Irma, whatever we can gather out of Cuba 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:35.319 and the Bahamas. I have already done a screenshot. 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:41.960 This is a build on KK4INZ's Waffle House index 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.289 when he was at FEMA. Whenever there's landfalling 00:21:45.289 --> 00:21:48.569 hurricanes, I build a screenshot of APRS stations, 00:21:49.250 --> 00:21:51.970 Echolink stations, and IROP stations. And those 00:21:51.970 --> 00:21:55.569 go up to FEMA. They can see what's there before 00:21:55.569 --> 00:22:00.670 landfall. And then at landfall, within a few 00:22:00.670 --> 00:22:03.829 hours after landfall, I'll look at the screen 00:22:03.829 --> 00:22:08.910 and see, well, this is not as bad as we thought 00:22:08.910 --> 00:22:12.190 it was going to be. All the APRS stations are 00:22:12.190 --> 00:22:14.990 still on. all the echo link stations are still 00:22:14.990 --> 00:22:18.650 on all the IRP stations are going or they're 00:22:18.650 --> 00:22:23.710 not so FEMA can take that digital information 00:22:23.710 --> 00:22:29.970 and know how big is big and how bad is bad and 00:22:29.970 --> 00:22:33.589 they can change their operation plans based on 00:22:33.589 --> 00:22:37.569 where the needs are rather than where they think 00:22:37.569 --> 00:22:43.710 it's it's a Not a plan. It's a plan to get the 00:22:43.710 --> 00:22:46.289 best bang for the taxpayers buck. I'll put it 00:22:46.289 --> 00:22:51.309 that way Okay, very good. Well, we've got more 00:22:51.309 --> 00:22:54.869 to talk about and we want to take your call so 00:22:54.869 --> 00:22:57.930 we're gonna take a break here and then I'll be 00:22:57.930 --> 00:23:02.779 back with Bobby and with Lloyd and take your 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:06.400 questions live right here on the show. And again, 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:11.500 that phone number is 812 -NET -HAM -1, 812 -638 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:17.160 -4261, or you can Skype us and I'll be back to 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:20.059 take those calls right after this message from 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:23.119 Tower Electronics here on HamTalk Live. This 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:25.359 episode of HamTalk Live is brought to you in 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:28.519 part by Tower Electronics. Tower Electronics 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:31.759 has been the Ham's Dime Store since 1978. 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And we want to take your 00:25:33.950 --> 00:25:37.230 calls. So if you have a call, now is the time 00:25:37.230 --> 00:25:44.099 to make it. It's 812 Nat Ham 1, 812 -638 -4261. 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:48.440 Now is the time to call with your questions for 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:52.519 Bobby and for Lloyd. So give us a call, or again, 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:58.279 you can tweet us or Skype us. Just look for HamTalk 00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:03.440 Live. OK, I do see one thing that we wanted to 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:07.289 talk about. to Lloyd about is some of the federal 00:26:07.289 --> 00:26:11.970 and ham interoperability stuff and some of the 00:26:11.970 --> 00:26:18.309 social media that is going on to help get some 00:26:18.309 --> 00:26:21.849 reports and some assistance. So could you talk 00:26:21.849 --> 00:26:25.349 about that for just a bit, Lloyd? Oh, certainly. 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:29.940 I am a member of the National Communication System 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:32.759 Sharers radio program, Shared Resources, and 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:36.680 it's an HF federal outside the ham bands like 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:44.480 Mars program. However, the plan for Irma is that 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.859 Sharers stations and likely Mars stations will 00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:53.700 be monitoring the FEMA ham interoperable channel 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:58.730 of 5330 .5. kilohertz upper side band that's 00:26:58.730 --> 00:27:03.490 on a 60 meter band and I will be monitoring I 00:27:03.490 --> 00:27:05.630 can't monitor all the time because I've got an 00:27:05.630 --> 00:27:08.869 air show this weekend but we'll have the radio 00:27:08.869 --> 00:27:15.130 and tuned in to 5330 .5 now what this means is 00:27:15.130 --> 00:27:18.710 that people in the affected area if they don't 00:27:18.710 --> 00:27:21.529 have any way to communicate the cell phone's 00:27:21.529 --> 00:27:25.599 broken the landline's broken they can tune over 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:30.319 to that frequency and perhaps a Mars or shares 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:35.720 station will be monitoring that frequency. Humanity 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:39.099 Road as I've mentioned before has a keen interest 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:42.559 in amateur radio but they are part of the FEMA 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:46.259 Tech Corps and they have a way to monitor social 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:50.299 media for urgent needs and calls for help and 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:54.380 linking resources with needs and they've been 00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:58.859 doing this for a number of years so they have 00:27:58.859 --> 00:28:04.039 been trained to listen to the the nets like bobby's 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:07.359 net on fourteen three two five and they are aware 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:11.839 of the american radio relay league post that 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:15.339 listed the various frequencies and some of their 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:20.420 members also listen to ham radio through the 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:27.420 WebSDR, the global tuners, remote hams, all those 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:30.539 resources that give them access to listen to 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:33.680 ham radio, although only a few of them can actually 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:39.839 talk. Okay, very good. So yeah, there's a long 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:45.299 list of frequencies that no ARRL put out and 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:48.400 has been going around on social media for all 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:50.819 the different countries and we won't go through 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:54.000 that whole list here, but those are definitely 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:57.160 available. Just go over to www .AWRL .org and 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:01.359 you can find those listed out easier than we 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:08.079 can go through those here on audio. But lots 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:12.119 of good information there and I just want to 00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:15.500 make sure that everybody understands that But 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:18.160 there are people listening there. And, uh, the 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:21.619 fact you've even, uh, done some APRS monitorings 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:25.900 that someone, if someone can't get a message 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:30.839 out in the other way, I, I stay connected on 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:34.119 APRS most of the time. So if you will message 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:37.279 KC five FM with your specific need, what do you 00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:40.940 need? I, I know how to send and receive APRS 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:45.500 messages. So, um, I, I almost hate to recommend 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:48.299 it, but if all else fails, ham radio is going 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:51.400 to get the message through. Yeah. And that's, 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:54.819 uh, that's what it's all about. So, um, all kinds 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:58.660 of resources there to, uh, to utilize. And if 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:00.640 you have a question about one of those, give 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:06.180 us a call right now. It's 812 -638 -4261 or, 00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:10.589 um, net ham one is what it spells out. or tweet 00:30:10.589 --> 00:30:17.089 us or give us a call on Skype. While we're waiting 00:30:17.089 --> 00:30:21.349 for that, let's turn to Bobby for a minute here. 00:30:22.470 --> 00:30:25.269 What kind of traffic have you guys been handling 00:30:25.269 --> 00:30:29.630 here so far? What have you been hearing? Well, 00:30:30.289 --> 00:30:33.170 it's been sort of light. And in some cases, it 00:30:33.170 --> 00:30:39.210 is sort of the... Not unexpected when you figure 00:30:39.210 --> 00:30:41.809 you got a storm that's coming in with the sustained 00:30:41.809 --> 00:30:45.390 winds at 185 miles per hour It's not a matter 00:30:45.390 --> 00:30:47.369 of if it's just when you're going to lose commercial 00:30:47.369 --> 00:30:51.789 power and we From what I understand up in the 00:30:51.789 --> 00:30:54.150 northern Leeward Islands. There's it's just total 00:30:54.150 --> 00:30:58.849 devastation It's just it's some of the scenes 00:30:58.849 --> 00:31:02.230 of pictures I've seen it's just it's just heartbreaking 00:31:02.230 --> 00:31:06.839 I know I know what Hurricane Camille did to the 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:11.119 Mississippi Gulf Coast back in 1969 and also 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:13.460 seeing what Katrina did and a bunch of other 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:17.019 hurricanes, but to see a storm with that kind 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:25.519 of magnitude, that high of wind, I've never seen 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:27.720 any kind of building that can withstand that 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:29.799 type of wind strength. It's just going to be 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:35.490 damaged. When you figure out some of the islands 00:31:35.490 --> 00:31:39.990 as far south as St. Martin, where you've probably 00:31:39.990 --> 00:31:43.410 seen on YouTube these airplanes, it was like 00:31:43.410 --> 00:31:45.069 the landing gear touching the water before they 00:31:45.069 --> 00:31:50.069 even hit the runway. That runway was after the 00:31:50.069 --> 00:31:53.730 storm hit, a lot of folks thought anywhere between 00:31:53.730 --> 00:31:56.130 a third to a half of the runway got destroyed 00:31:56.130 --> 00:31:58.589 during the hurricane. Well, what happened was 00:31:58.589 --> 00:32:01.230 there was so much damage to the island All the 00:32:01.230 --> 00:32:04.230 debris got thrown on the runway and other parts 00:32:04.230 --> 00:32:06.690 of it was still submerged due to the storm surge. 00:32:07.250 --> 00:32:09.069 But when the storm surge went back, then they 00:32:09.069 --> 00:32:11.930 realized, hey, no, the runway's still here. They 00:32:11.930 --> 00:32:14.789 got out there and got it cleaned up. And as a 00:32:14.789 --> 00:32:17.769 result, I've got word that the Dutch military 00:32:17.769 --> 00:32:20.490 is supposed to be sending a C -130 cargo plane 00:32:20.490 --> 00:32:23.450 out of Holland into St. Martin's, bringing in 00:32:23.450 --> 00:32:26.630 food, water, enough for 40 ,000 people for five 00:32:26.630 --> 00:32:30.950 days. Also, with personnel to help in recovery 00:32:30.950 --> 00:32:36.589 operations. I've got one of our net members for 00:32:36.589 --> 00:32:40.710 the Hurricane Net. He is a meteorologist at the 00:32:40.710 --> 00:32:44.789 airport in Aruba. He's also part of the Emergency 00:32:44.789 --> 00:32:46.829 Communications Network throughout the entire 00:32:46.829 --> 00:32:50.569 island chain. Needless to say, he has been very, 00:32:50.569 --> 00:32:55.039 very busy. I talked to him earlier today, he 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:57.220 said basically all of HF communications out the 00:32:57.220 --> 00:33:00.700 islands is gone. They're trying to get radio 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:05.579 from Aruba up to Barbuda, which is the top island 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:07.640 there in the Leeward Islands so they can get 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:11.220 some communications going. So that's just some 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.980 of the things we've been hearing. Other reports 00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:16.400 we've been getting reports out of, had some coming 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:19.369 up, Puerto Rico. We're already getting stations 00:33:19.369 --> 00:33:21.930 lined up out of Haiti. I think we got a couple 00:33:21.930 --> 00:33:27.130 out of the Dominican Republic, a few in the Bahamas, 00:33:27.470 --> 00:33:29.430 and then quite a few ones against the U .S. There's 00:33:29.430 --> 00:33:32.609 a bunch of stations throughout Florida and wherever 00:33:32.609 --> 00:33:36.130 else we may go. So our biggest issue, though, 00:33:36.170 --> 00:33:38.690 has been, if anything, of all times, to have 00:33:38.690 --> 00:33:40.650 a solar flare. So we're just trying to deal with 00:33:40.650 --> 00:33:44.329 that as well. Now, and speaking of solar flares, 00:33:45.409 --> 00:33:49.230 Lloyd, I think you've got some information on 00:33:49.230 --> 00:33:52.670 another one coming. Oh, it was on HF today trying 00:33:52.670 --> 00:33:59.529 to show some of our freshmen ham radio at school 00:33:59.529 --> 00:34:03.829 and the band was just dead. I mean, I don't remember 00:34:03.829 --> 00:34:09.710 seeing the scope look so flat. And now you're 00:34:09.710 --> 00:34:12.630 saying we're on the lookout for another one? 00:34:13.989 --> 00:34:17.769 Yes, this was on the League webpage, I believe 00:34:17.769 --> 00:34:22.889 it was. A G3 watch is in effect for 8 and 9 September 00:34:22.889 --> 00:34:27.710 UTC in anticipation of another coronal mass ejection 00:34:27.710 --> 00:34:31.170 associated with the flare. This will produce 00:34:31.170 --> 00:34:37.150 a R3 strong radio blackout 6 September and moving 00:34:37.150 --> 00:34:44.230 forward. This is, I saw a screenshot. of a waterfall 00:34:44.230 --> 00:34:48.789 on 30 meters and there was nothing that I can 00:34:48.789 --> 00:34:51.710 hear on 30 meters. I can hear almost anywhere, 00:34:51.710 --> 00:34:55.309 but there was not a signal to be had on 30 meters 00:34:55.309 --> 00:34:57.909 on that waterfall. I'd like to go back to what 00:34:57.909 --> 00:35:01.750 Bobby said about Babouda and the minister there 00:35:01.750 --> 00:35:08.829 reported 95 % and try to picture folks, 95 % 00:35:08.829 --> 00:35:13.960 of your community is has buildings that are damaged. 00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:18.139 Of your residents, about half of them are casualties, 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:21.460 and thankfully, so far they've only had one fatality. 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:25.760 But they reported the airport damaged, the ham 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:29.639 radio is damaged, they don't even have ham radio 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:33.239 on that island, and they're looking for recovery 00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:39.440 to start tomorrow. But, you know, that's just 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:42.000 part of the devastation. And that's one Island 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:47.260 among many in the Caribbean that have encountered 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:53.679 Irma and soon to encounter again, Jose. Yeah, 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:58.079 there's, there's just a lot going on there. And, 00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:01.980 uh, uh, wow. All of it happening at once. Uh, 00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:04.260 the old saying when it rains, it pours, I guess, 00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:06.519 uh, I guess that's where we're at right now. 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:13.750 Um, Carl KD9HQT is on the chat here and says 00:36:13.750 --> 00:36:20.489 that he doesn't think that a lot of people understand 00:36:20.489 --> 00:36:24.909 just how serious ham radio operators are when 00:36:24.909 --> 00:36:30.269 we pass some of this emergency traffic and deploy 00:36:30.269 --> 00:36:34.480 when disaster strikes. and how we save lives. 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:39.360 And so it's a great reminder that you guys have 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:43.059 a very vital service that you're providing with 00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:47.059 these nets. And we're talking about all these 00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:51.039 solar flares and things going on. And I think 00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:55.559 it's great that there's the redundancy of Bobby's 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:59.460 net on HF and then we've got the voiceover IP 00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:03.880 to get some VHF and UHF in there so that we have 00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:09.260 options so that, you know, if one doesn't work, 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:12.960 you know, something else will. And it looks like 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:16.800 we're getting full test of that this week. Well, 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:19.300 I'd like to mention too that Humanity Road, and 00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.940 I keep going back to them, but they're doing 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:23.969 good work. But Humanity Road has one of their 00:37:23.969 --> 00:37:28.050 founding statements based on social media, because 00:37:28.050 --> 00:37:31.949 Red Cross did a survey a number of years back, 00:37:32.829 --> 00:37:36.510 and the surveyed people, 80 % of them said, if 00:37:36.510 --> 00:37:41.789 I send a message on Twitter or something for 00:37:41.789 --> 00:37:46.889 help, I expect a reply, 80%. Now, Humanity Road 00:37:46.889 --> 00:37:50.699 has this statement, no call for help. should 00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:54.159 go unanswered. That's kind of a strong statement, 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:58.440 and I liken that to ham radio. We have so many 00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:02.400 different ways to communicate. This is really 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:06.260 likely to be an all hands on deck event with 00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:10.860 Irma coming up to Florida. The Harvey recovery, 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:15.400 the Mexican emergency communicating folks are 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:20.030 working a plan for Claudia. and who knows where 00:38:20.030 --> 00:38:23.949 Jose will end up. All hands on deck. If you hear 00:38:23.949 --> 00:38:27.449 a call for help, listen to that call for help, 00:38:27.670 --> 00:38:32.750 answer that call for help, and then it may be 00:38:32.750 --> 00:38:38.110 on Bobby's net, it may be on our net, or it may 00:38:38.110 --> 00:38:44.789 be on a 160 meter AM. Who knows where that signal's 00:38:44.789 --> 00:38:48.559 gonna be? So all hands, listen. Listen listen 00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:50.860 for that call for help and answer it because 00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:55.980 somebody's life may certainly be in danger Amen 00:38:55.980 --> 00:39:01.559 Well, very good well said Well, we've got just 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:05.159 a few minutes left. So if you're gonna call now 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:08.320 is the time to do that it's 8 1 2 net ham 1 8 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:13.159 1 2 6 3 8 4 2 6 1 and go ahead and make that 00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:17.639 call or that tweet right now and I just again 00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:23.059 want to thank you for leading all the volunteers 00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:28.940 and trying to put all this together because we 00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:32.579 do want to make sure that we use our communications 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:38.179 talents for the better good and we thank you 00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:42.099 for this vital service that you've put together 00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:45.630 and all the volunteers out there. So maybe as 00:39:45.630 --> 00:39:49.230 we wrap things up here tonight, we just kind 00:39:49.230 --> 00:39:54.210 of recap the frequencies, the websites, how people 00:39:54.210 --> 00:39:59.309 can help, and how people can stay out of the 00:39:59.309 --> 00:40:05.150 way, too, of progress here. So Bobby, why don't 00:40:05.150 --> 00:40:07.909 you run down to yours, and then we'll go to Lloyd 00:40:07.909 --> 00:40:10.750 again. Yeah, sure. I'll real fine appreciate 00:40:10.750 --> 00:40:13.730 that. Yeah, our daytime frequency is 14 decimal 00:40:13.730 --> 00:40:17.130 325 and for nine hamps that may be listening 00:40:17.130 --> 00:40:19.250 may just want to be shortwave listeners. It'll 00:40:19.250 --> 00:40:22.210 be on upper side band will be operating there 00:40:22.210 --> 00:40:24.309 during the daytime at nighttime will be operating 00:40:24.309 --> 00:40:27.949 on in the 40 meter band seven decimal 268. That 00:40:27.949 --> 00:40:31.670 will be lower side band for shortwave listeners. 00:40:32.429 --> 00:40:36.570 We own our web page hwn dot org. We have a link 00:40:36.570 --> 00:40:39.630 where you can listen in to our streaming audio. 00:40:41.279 --> 00:40:43.579 Hopefully the solar flares will stay away so 00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:46.119 the audio will be able to be heard and be streamed. 00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:50.400 For those that are listening in on the air, we 00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:52.480 invite you to listen in. There may be a time 00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:55.099 that one of our net control operators, even one 00:40:55.099 --> 00:40:57.599 of our own relays may not be able to hear and 00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:01.360 we'll call out for outside help to help get those 00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:03.880 stations in and get those weather reports. There 00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.739 may even be emergency or priority traffic we're 00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:10.300 trying to get past. Some of these stations are 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:12.880 operating with just little wire antennas, maybe 00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:17.019 up in their attic. In fact, even before Irma 00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:20.239 even got to Florida, I made contact with a station 00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:25.400 in Florida. His two young girls, he's got a license. 00:41:25.920 --> 00:41:27.900 They wanted to check out their little antenna 00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:30.659 to see if we can make contact on 40 meters. We 00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:32.860 gave it a try. It was light, but we made that 00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:35.920 contact, but he wanted to make sure that... While 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:37.800 he was away from his house, his family could 00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:41.599 still be in contact and be able to, if they needed 00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:43.699 help over a ham radio, they'd be able to do that. 00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:47.679 So those are ways that you can listen in to us 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:50.519 and on the air as well as off the internet as 00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:54.719 well. And be sure to stay clear of the frequency 00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:59.480 unless you have something that's pertinent to 00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:03.739 the net. And we also want to always thank everyone 00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:07.800 who normally uses those two frequencies for daily 00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:10.059 use, whether just rag chewing or various nasty 00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:11.900 allowing us to have a clear frequency. It makes 00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:14.039 our job so much easier. We definitely appreciate 00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:18.800 it. And because if you ever heard a thunderstorm 00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:21.420 come over at nighttime on HF, you know how bad 00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:24.760 that it makes the signals hard to read. Well. 00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:28.059 It's even more so during a hurricane and then 00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:30.019 we got the howling of the wind outside. It's 00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:33.460 even exacerbated even more And what I'm thinking 00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:36.519 about especially with this hurricane having such 00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:40.119 a huge distinct eye as we give out on our hurricane 00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:43.760 net some of our Statements that when things are 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:46.900 quiet, we always like to put out this one notice 00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:49.920 and it's a It's that if you catch yourself in 00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:53.230 the eye of the hurricane As human nature, you 00:42:53.230 --> 00:42:54.929 want to step outside of your home to check and 00:42:54.929 --> 00:42:57.610 see what your property is like. Please, please 00:42:57.610 --> 00:42:59.969 don't do that. There could be some power lines 00:42:59.969 --> 00:43:02.409 down. They should be considered live. The other 00:43:02.409 --> 00:43:04.409 problem is you don't know when the backside of 00:43:04.409 --> 00:43:07.329 that eye is coming in. When it does, the wind 00:43:07.329 --> 00:43:09.789 is not going to slowly increase back up to maximum 00:43:09.789 --> 00:43:12.230 speed. It's going to go from zero to whatever 00:43:12.230 --> 00:43:15.090 max speed is almost instantly. So any debris 00:43:15.090 --> 00:43:17.489 that's laying on the ground will instantly become 00:43:17.489 --> 00:43:20.590 a projectile and it could hurt you or even worse. 00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:23.400 So the best thing to do is just stay put, wait 00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:25.739 till the storm has passed and before trying to 00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:29.019 venture outside. Great advice. And Lloyd, you 00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:32.219 get the last word, but you get 30 seconds. Go. 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:35.099 Uh, five, three, three, zero, not five, five, 00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:37.139 three, three, zero dot five, upper side band. 00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:40.960 That's the shares FEMA channel folks will be 00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:44.800 listening there. Uh, humanity road, uh, is also 00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:48.579 listening on some HF nets to. Participating in 00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:56.420 our net, look at voipwx .net. Voipwx .net, IRLP 00:43:56.420 --> 00:44:02.599 9219, EchoLink 7203, All -Store 28848. Connect 00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:05.739 to us, give us your reports. If you need help, 00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:08.019 tell us you need help, tell us where you are, 00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:12.199 and we will work the mission to get you the help 00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:15.789 you need. Well said, gentlemen. Thank you so 00:44:15.789 --> 00:44:19.230 much for taking time out of this chaos to talk 00:44:19.230 --> 00:44:22.010 to us about all of this, and hopefully that'll 00:44:22.010 --> 00:44:25.110 get the awareness out there of what's going on. 00:44:25.210 --> 00:44:27.789 So that is wrapped for this week's HamTalk Live. 00:44:28.170 --> 00:44:31.409 Thanks to Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, and the Hurricane 00:44:31.409 --> 00:44:35.440 WatchNet, and Lloyd Colston, KC5FM. and the Voice 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:38.539 over IP Hurricane Net and everybody for chiming 00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:41.320 in tonight. And come back next Thursday night, 00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:43.719 9 p .m. Eastern Time. We're gonna be talking 00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:46.300 about the National Voice of America Museum of 00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:50.760 Broadcasting Upgrades. So for a list of all of 00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:54.239 our guests, visit HamTalkLive .com. This is Neil 00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:58.699 Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the good DX 00:44:58.699 --> 00:44:59.559 be yours.