The September 9th regular business meeting has been canceled. With no speaker planned, we are using our limited bandwidth to support the Outdoor Adventure, which is happening on September 15th at Colt State Park.
it isn’t too late to sign up. Hope to see everyone there!
Please keep an eye on the weather, as Tropical Storm Debby is anticipated to make a run up the eastern coast. Still about 5 days from our area, some models are calling for it to strengthen to a weak Cat 1 hurricane and making another landfall between RI and MA.
Under the influence of rather weak steering currents, while forecasting its position 5 days out, there is a lot of uncertainty, but it is a good time to get your preparations completed just in case.
The last time RI had a hurricane was Hurricane Bob in 1991. Wind isn’t usually the biggest threat in any event, and tropical storms have done major damage from storm surge and flooding from rain in our area.
Details for the Outdoor Adventure have been posed under activities. You can read about the day (Sunday September 15th) here: https://w1sye.org/?page_id=7383
It would be most helpful if members would use the registration link so that the club knows how many members will be attending and can plan accordingly.
Again, you can read all about the Outdoor Adventure here: https://w1sye.org/?page_id=7383
Hurricane Beryl (now making its way through middle America) set multiple records for an early-season hurricane, including the most rapid intensification ever seen, as well as the first Category 5 hurricane on record for this time of year.
The NOAA forecast for the 2024 Hurricane Season called for significantly more storms, and more intense storms than average. Experience from Beryl has many groups wondering if their forecasts need to be revised. Colorado State just did exactly that, bumping their forecast numbers up.
The reason for pointing this out is that we, in New England, are at a higher risk than usual, with warmer waters off our coast (usually our cold waters cause storms to die out). Now is the time to make our preparation for the upcoming storm season. Review your evacuation plans, tune-up your generators, and have your go-kits ready to go.
Excellent news was heard from the ARRL today: “Effective 12:00pm ET / 16:00 UTC we will be returning Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) to service.”
The service went down around mid May, but users should check their logs as the last uploads from some users appear to be about a week before then.
Our thanks to the ARRL staff for restoring LotW to operation.