[arm-allstar] Weather alert ideas/concepts to pass along

[Doug Crompton]

Yes, they work but they cost and legally you cannot use it legally on
amateur radio (any broadcast radio) without a license. Last I checked it
cost over $100 plus the cost of the package itself.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 12:21 PM <kd6gdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone had any success in the installation and use of the *Cepstral*
> voices on the
> *ARM-ALLSTAR Raspberry Pi? *
>
> *Jeffrey*
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 8:00 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> This comes up from time to time on this list and we go over the same
>> things
>> each time. AutoSky was not designed to give complete warnings nor be
>> relied
>> on entirely. Its purpose is to warn that you should seek other means to
>> know the complete story like your phone, a NOAA radio, local radio/TV etc.
>> While broadcasting direct NOAA voice over amateur radio is questionably
>> legal you could do it legally with TTS BUT you would need to use a TTS
>> that
>> probably had a cost if you want any kind of quality. This is certainly
>> possible. Personally I don't have the time or desire to script something
>> like that. I feel the AutoSky system is adequate.
>>
>> I just read a post-mortem of the recent Nashville area disaster and the
>> final thought was that EVERYONE in an area prone to severe weather should
>> have a NOAA radio. They are not very expensive and like a smoke or CO2
>> detector there should be one in every home. Spending the time to add
>> output
>> to a repeater system so a few, and I emphasize a few, hams can get the
>> warnings in entirety vs. a curt warning is probably not worth the time and
>> effort.
>>
>> Also in the Nashville disaster the weather service really screwed up
>> giving
>> warnings AFTER the fact for many areas or just a minute before for others.
>> Rather than erring on the side of caution they waited too long to give the
>> warnings. Some had seconds to seek shelter.
>>
>> As far as multiple repeater systems getting the AutoSky alerts, assuming
>> each one has Hamvoip then AutoSky would be setup and running at each site
>> with the location of that site for the warnings. There is no practical way
>> to broadcast the warnings globally. The code either plays it locally or to
>> EVERYONE connected. This could be people outside of the warning area as it
>> would include anyone connected. There is no mechanism to send telemetry to
>> specific sites.
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 9:29 AM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Had a wild idea in my insomnia-filled thoughts tonight.. while I am
>> aware
>> > of Autosky, and I am also aware of the argument of the legalities of
>> > rebroadcasting NOAA Weather Radio over the air, we have a weather radio
>> set
>> > up on our repeater to alert on Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado
>> > watches/warnings only. I'd rather have it and not need it, than for
>> someone
>> > to need it and it not be there.. if that makes sense.
>> >
>> > That being said, I'm curious of the possibilities of using Allstar to be
>> > able to send out weather alerts to one, or multiple repeaters.
>> >
>> > Here's the situation: You have one or more repeaters covering a specific
>> > area/county on Allstar. You also have a NOAA Weather Radio or similar
>> > device constantly monitoring as a separate node on your Pi. NOAA sends
>> out
>> > an alert, the software decodes the SAME transmission and matches the
>> code
>> > to the county (or counties) and repeaters covered by that county. In
>> doing
>> > so, it automatically connects to the repeater, keys up, and begins
>> passing
>> > the traffic from the weather radio. Once finished, it will unkey and
>> > disconnect from that repeater.
>> >
>> > I know, that sounds like a far fetched idea. Most operators already have
>> > another means of notification from the NWS (weather radio etc) you may
>> > never know. I'm sure someone would be up to the challenge.
>> >
>> > On another, but related subject, we quit using Autosky because of the
>> very
>> > limited scope of information that is passed along. Yes, it lets you know
>> > there is a watch/warning/etc but does not give any specifics (timeframe,
>> > area the alert is for, etc). It would be nice to have an Autosky 2.0
>> which
>> > reads the alert from the NWS and announces it over the repeater the
>> same as
>> > the weather radio does.
>> >
>> > I'm mainly posting this to generate discussion on the idea. I'm not
>> saying
>> > it's a must-have for me, but both ideas would be nice to have.
>> >
>> > Mike
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