The new transmitter is providing excellent service to many of our northern counties. Thanks go to Senator White, Pennsylvania Rural Electric, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Butler County Emergency Management and the many other folks that made this project possible. If implemented, this transmitter would serve several of our northwest counties, especially, Mercer, Lawrence, and Columbiana. May. The tours usually take about 1 hour. Groups of 25 or less are preferred because of limited office space.
Hurricanes are nature's most awesome release of energy.
Amateur Radio operators relay their surface weather reports directly to W4EHW, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center in Miami. The reports are relayed to the Center on 14.325 mHz when a hurricane is within 300 miles of landfall of the Americas. Knowing a response from a higher level of the agency would make a greater impact, a request for a response was sent to NWS Headquarters. NWS Pittsburgh realizes the valuable services that amateurs provide and how the loss of this band would affect your ability to respond in an emergency. Whether it's Little Leo or LMCC, we will continue to support your efforts when similar situations arise.