[AARA] Special Program on PAPA D-Star Net Thursday Night

[Herman Campbell]

Received by KN5GRK 2:06 PM Thursday August 29, 2013

QST QST - News Flash!

This just in from Angelo, N5UXT and Keith W5KB  in New Orleans:

PAPA D-STAR SYSTEM
THURSDAY NIGHT
ROUND TABLE

TOMORROW NIGHT
August 29
8:00pm PDT
Reflector 12C and
PAPA System D-STAR Repeaters

HURRICANE KATRINA

ON HER 8H ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW NIGHT

NEW ORLEANS GUEST HAMS

TELL THEIR STORM STORIES

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013, IS THE 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HURRICANE
KATRINA DISASTER IN NEW ORLEANS. THE PAPA SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT D-STAR
ROUND TABLE (REF012C AT 8:00 PM PDT) WILL BE HONORED TO HOST GUEST HAM
PRESENTERS FROM LOUISIANA WHO WERE PART OF AMATEUR RADIO'S RESPONSE
DURING KATRINA.


TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: ON-THE-GROUND, FIRST-HAND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE
DISASTER AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL HAMS; MILITARY USE OF A NEW
ORLEANS AMATEUR RADIO REPEATER AFTER MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
FAILED; THE FCC DECISION TO OPEN UP ALL FREQUENCIES DURING THE
EMERGENCY; LESSONS LEARNED FROM KATRINA; HOW D-STAR FITS WITHIN FUTURE
LOUISIANA EOC AND EM-COMM PLANS; AND THE ROLE OF INTEROPERABILITY
BETWEEN AMATEUR RADIO MODES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.


ANTICIPATED GUESTS WILL INCLUDE LOCAL NEW ORLEANS HAMS,  A CITY OF NEW
ORLEANS REP,  A STATE EOC OFFICIAL FROM BATON ROUGE,  A ST. TAMMY
PARISH EOC OFFICIAL AND A LOUISIANA STATE RADIO TECH -- ALL LICENSED
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.

GUEST SPEAKERS WILL TELL THEIR PERSONAL KATRINA STORIES AND HOW
AMATEUR
RADIO IS PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DISASTER FROM LOCAL AND STATE
PERSPECTIVES. TIME WILL BE ALLOTTED FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

PLUS THE LATEST D-STAR NEWS AND VIEWS

This net is also available as a live audio feed at BROADCASTIFY

Please use this link:


http://www.papasys.com/

and click on the scrolling "Round Table Thursday Night" link.


OR


Use D-STAR Reflector 12 at


http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/5429/?rl=rr


Note:  this will be at 10:00PM CDST and 11:00PM ESDT...


TNX N5UXT and W5KB!


73 ES DX

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