ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio Resources at the Ready for Rita

ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio Resources at the Ready for Rita

"Amateur Radio Resources at the Ready for Rita

A National Weather Service graphic (click link to update) depicts the probable path of Hurricane Rita, now a Category 3 storm as of 1800 UTC with winds of 125 MPH. [NOAA Graphic]



Prospective volunteers may sign up for possible deployment in the region via the Hurricane Rita Disaster Communications Volunteer Registration & Message Traffic Database. Only volunteers who are willing to travel into the disaster area should indicate their interest in this database. This list is being maintained separately from the Hurricane Katrina volunteer list. SMs and SECs in the Hurricane Rita strike zone emphasize that volunteers should not self-deploy.

NEWINGTON, CT, Sep 23, 2005--As Hurricane Rita (click for latest advisory) continues on course for landfall sometime early Saturday morning along the Gulf Coast between Texas and Louisiana, Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) and other Amateur Radio groups are at the ready.

The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) on 14.325 MHz has announced plans to remain active until 0300 UTC or as long as the 20-meter band is available--whichever comes first. ARRL Headquarters is maintaining regular contact with Section Managers and Section Emergency Coordinators in the Gulf Coast region as they muster their own volunteer resources, some of whom already have been deployed to emergency operating centers and other strategic sites. "

73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

(old calls KE5CTY - WB5ZQU - WY5L)
10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.