[TCRA] GUSTAV SITREP 8/30/08 ARRL LOUISIANA SECTION GARY STRATTON K5GLS SM

[Greg Hammerel]

ALERT: Sat, August 30, 2008; 11:33 AM ET

GUSTAV SITREP 8/30/08 ARRL LOUISIANA SECTION GARY STRATTON K5GLS SM

THE WEST GULF EMERGENCY NET (WGEN) WILL BE ACTIVATED AT 6:00 AM CDT ON 
SUNDAY 8/31. OPERATING FREQUENCIES WILL BE:

EMERGENCY/TACTICAL: DAYTIME 7285 KHZ NIGHTTIME 3873 KHZ H&W DAYTIME 7290 
KHZ NIGHTTIME 3935 KHZ

NET MANAGER FOR WGEN IS LANNY PRICHARD K5WLP OF INVERNESS, MS. FOR H&W 
TRAFFIC, THERE WILL BE A 72 HOUR MORATORIUM ON TRAFFIC INBOUND TO THE 
AFFECTED AREA. OUTBOUND H&W TRAFFIC WILL BE HANDLED ROUTINELY. THERE 
WILL BE NTS REPRESENTATION ON THE H&W NET.

WE ARE ASKING ARRL HQ TO SEND A BULLETIN TO ASK ASSISTANCE IN CLEARING 
THOSE FREQUENCIES WITH AN ABOVE/BELOW GUARDBAND.