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

[kd6gdb at gmail.com]

Great news, as of 1/2/2020 they responded to me that it did not.

*Staff* posted 01/02/2020 5:17 PM
Hi Jeff No, the Allison-8kHz software has not been ported to the Raspberry
Pi. --The Cepstral Support Team

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 9:34 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> 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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