[Ccarc] How HF and IRLP-ECHOLINK worked together

[Tom Murray]

Guys,

This is a story fromthe current  ARES E-LEtter:
Tom KB9WSL

NOR'EASTER RESPONSE

SKYWARN was activated in the northeast for a major Nor'easter
blizzard. The storm dumped 1-3 feet of snow across northeast New
York, New Hampshire, Vermont, northwest Massachusetts and Maine with
whiteout, blizzard conditions, and strong winds. SKYWARN hams and the
National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Taunton, Massachusetts
(WX1BOX) and Gray, Maine (WX1GYX) received the SKYWARN reports of
snowfall, wind damage and flooding.

Several repeaters and linked repeater systems across New England were
used and the New England Reflector System was active. The system was
used for getting SKYWARN reports from across New England and as a
pathway for the NWS in Taunton to communicate with their counterpart
in Gray, Maine, directly and through NWS liaison Ken Grimmard, N1DOT.
"We continue to build a strong SKYWARN program for the NWS Gray Maine
office. These reports that we get from spotters are extremely helpful
and we had two ham operators Jerry Hume, KB1NHD, and David Lowe,
KB1NJP, at the office for much of the afternoon and evening. We
currently have EchoLink capability and 2 Meter/440 capability at
WX1GYX," said Tom Berman, N1KTA, a forecaster at the NWS Gray Maine
office.

With no HF capability at NWS Gray yet, the NWS Taunton office was
requested by NWS Gray to go to the Seagulls Net on 3940 kHz to get
reports of snowfall and weather conditions from the net as it covers
much of Maine and New Hampshire. The reports were then delivered to
NWS Gray via EchoLink. "Here is an example of how HF and
EchoLink/IRLP communications can complement one another," said Rob
Macedo, KD1CY, ARES SKYWARN Coordinator for NWS Taunton,
Massachusetts, who also filed this report.

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