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

[kd6gdb at gmail.com]

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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