[HCRA] Fw: SKYWARN Recognition Day Final Reminder Announcement
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Subject: SKYWARN Recognition Day Final Reminder Announcement
> Hello to all...
>
> SKYWARN Recognition Day begins at 7 PM local time tonight and lasts
through
> 7 PM local time tomorrow. NWS Taunton will be active from 7 AM-7 PM on
> Saturday December 7th.
>
> All Amateur Radio Operators and SKYWARN Amateur Radio Operators are
welcome
> to contact us. We will make two passes on Amateur Radio frequencies that
are
> within range of NWS Taunton. Amateur Radio Operators in Western
> Massachusetts are urged to try and make contact with us via HF and through
> the IRLP link setup through the 147.105 Wilbraham, Mass. Repeater.
Amateurs
> in CT are urged to utilize the IRLP link setup through 147.105 Wilbraham
or
> the 146.76 Scituate Repeater. We will be on these frequencies during set
> times during the day and that schedule is in this email.
>
> Below once again is the scheduled list of frequencies and the national
> announcement on SKYWARN Recognition Day:
>
> Here is an update on NWS Taunton participation for SKYWARN Recognition
> Day. Plans are underway to have several forecasters at NWS Taunton
> who are Amatuers and possibly some non-ham forecasters on the radios
> along with operators that you normally hear at NWS Taunton.
>
> Plans at this time remain to be active on Saturday December 7th from
> 7 AM-7:30 PM that day. A schedule has been worked out to rove
> various repeaters and contact Amateurs across the NWS Taunton County
> Warning Area and surrounding areas. This includes using IRLP links
> during the event. We will touch all primary repeaters that can be hit
> by NWS Taunton at two different times with one pass in the morning
> through early afternoon and a second pass from early afternoon through
> evening. Some popular non-SKYWARN repeaters and alternate SKYWARN
> frequencies could not be hit in order to insure two passes across
> the primary SKYWARN frequencies.
>
> Here is the schedule for both 2 Meters, 440 MHz, and HF. The 6 Meter
> Mount Wachusett Repeater will be used sporadically throughout the
> event.
>
> The following is a schedule of where WX1BOX NWS Taunton Operations
> will be on the air during the SKYWARN Recognition Day scheduled for
> December 7th, 2002. NWS Taunton Operations will be on the air from
> 7:00 AM-7:00 PM and then will go on the IRLP Nationwide SKYWARN Net
> that will be held at 7 PM as a conclusion of the SKYWARN Recognition
> Day activities.
>
> Here is a schedule of where WX1BOX operations will be on 2 Meters and
> 440 MHz. In order to assure being able to do 2 passes across the
> primary SKYWARN Repeaters that are within range of NWS Taunton, some
> popular repeaters and alternate SKYWARN frequencies were left out of
> the schedule but all repeaters within range of NWS Taunton will be
> utilized in two passes during Recognition Day. One pass in the morning
> through early afternoon and one pass from early afternoon through
> evening and here are the details of this schedule:
>
> Timeframe 2 Meter or 440 Repeater Frequency
> 7:00-7:30 AM 146.760-Scituate Repeater
> 7:30-8:00 AM 146.970-Paxton Repeater
> 8:00-8:30 AM 146.925/145.37-Worcester-Templeton Linked
> Repeater System
> 8:30-9:00 AM 448.175-Framingham Repeater IRLP Linked to
> 147.105-Wilbraham
> 9:00-9:30 AM 443.350-Pack Monadock Repeater
> 9:30-10:00 AM 146.640-Waltham Repeater
> 10:00-10:30 AM 145.470-Danvers Repeater
> 10:30-11:00 AM 146.895-Walpole Repeater
> 11:00-11:30 AM 147.180-Bridgewater Repeater
> 11:30-Noon 145.490-Fairhaven Repeater
> Noon-12:30 PM 146.955-Barnstable Repeater
> 12:30-1:00 PM 147.165-Exeter RI Repeater
> 1:00-1:30 PM 146.760-Scituate Repeater
> 1:30-2:00 PM 146.970-Paxton Repeater
> 2:00-2:30 PM 146.925/145.37-Worcester-Templeton Linked
> Repeater System
> 2:30-3:00 PM 145.390-Scituate, Mass. Repeater IRLP Linked to
> 147.105-Wilbraham
> 3:00-3:30 PM 443.350-Pack Monadock Repeater
> 3:30-4:00 PM 146.640-Waltham Repeater
> 4:00-4:30 PM 145.470-Danvers Repeater
> 4:30-5:00 PM 146.895-Walpole Repeater
> 5:00-5:30 PM 147.180-Bridgewater Repeater
> 5:30-6:00 PM 145.490-Fairhaven Repeater
> 6:00-6:30 PM 146.955-Barnstable Repeater
> 6:30-7:00 PM 147.165-Exeter RI Repeater
> 7:00 PM Nationwide SKYWARN IRLP Net
> Will Use either Framingham or Scituate, Mass. to linkup.
>
> Here is the HF Schedule, since bands will most likely be crowded,
> we will not do specific frequencies but give the bands that we will
> be on during the event and denote a primary and secondary band as
> part of the schedule based on propagation. The 6 Meter Mount Wachusett
> Repeater may be utilized as well. Most operations will take place on
> 10, 15, 20, 40 and 75 Meters and in frequency ranges that let the
> most licensed operators contact us:
>
> 7 AM-9 AM: Primary Band: 40 Meters Secondary Band: 20 Meters
> 9 AM-11 AM: Primary Band: 20 Meters Secondary Band: 40 Meters
> 11 AM-1 PM: Primary Band: 10 Meters Secondary Band: 20 Meters
> 1-3 PM: Primary Band: 15 Meters Secondary Band: 20 Meters
> 3-5 PM Primary Band: 20 Meters Secondary Band: 40 Meters
> 5-7 PM: Primary Band: 75 Meters Secondary Band: 20 Meters
>
> The event coincides with Pearl Harbor Day and the NWS Forecast Office
> from Honolulu, Hawaii will be active and a special QSL card or some
> other type of special certificate may be offered if you contac that
> weather office. Also, the Kansas City office will have something
> special done as there will be credit given for both the Kansas City
> office and the home office of Warning Coordination Meteorlogists which
> is also in Kansas City.
>
> There is a large article on this event in the November issue of the
> ARRL magazine QST beginning on page 83 through the efforts of Public
> Service Coordinator, Steve Ewald. Also, unrelated to SKYWARN Recognition
> Day, there will be a 50th Anniversary event for the German NWS
> and details on that event are on page 99 of the November issue of QST.
>
> Check the web-site for SKYWARN Recognition Day at:
> http://hamradio.noaa.gov/
>
> You'll see NWS Taunton listed in the Northeast US under the call-sign
> WX1BOX.
>
> ==>ANNUAL SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY IS DECEMBER 7
>
> The fourth annual SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD)
> <http://hamradio.noaa.gov/>is December 7 (UTC). That's when Amateur Radio
> operators set up stations at National Weather Service (NWS) offices and
> contact other operators around the world. The event is sponsored by the
> ARRL and the National Weather Service.
>
> "The purpose of the event is to recognize the vital public service
> contribution that Amateur Radio operators make during National Weather
> Service severe weather warning operations," said David Floyd, N5DBZ,
> warning coordination meteorologist, at the NWS Goodland, Kansas, office.
> "It also strengthens the bond between Amateur Radio operators and the
> local National Weather Service office."
>
> For several decades now, hams have assisted the NWS by providing real-time
> reports of severe weather and storm evolution. The information radio
> operators locate near a storm can provide plays a key role in aiding
> forecasters. SKYWARN operators in several states activated to spot and
> track an outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes November 10.
>
> Scott Mentzer, N0QE--the meteorologist-in-charge of the NWS office in
> Goodland, Kansas, and the creator and annual organizer of SRD--says more
> than 90 stations are registered to participate, up from 80 last year. Most
> participating NWS stations will operate on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, and 2
> meters using SSB and FM. Mentzer says a number of NWS offices will be
> equipped to support Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) stations.
>
> All contacts will be made utilizing the General or Novice portion of the
> bands. Stations will exchange signal report, location and a one-word
> description of the current weather at their respective locations ("sunny,"
> "partly cloudy," "windy," etc). This is not a contest, so no scoring will
> be computed.
>
> SKYWARN Recognition Day will take place December 7 from 0000 UTC to 2400
> UTC. Since SRD is being held on Pearl Harbor Day, each NWS office will
> transmit a special message from approximately 1800 to 1900
> UTC--approximately the time of the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, attack on
> December 7, 1941--to honor the World War II veterans.
>
> The deadline to register an NWS site is December 1. Contact Mentzer to
> register: [email protected]. Complete information is available on the
> 2002 SKYWARN Recognition Day Web site <http://hamradio.noaa.gov/.
>
> Respectfully Submitted,
>
> Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
> ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
> SEMCARES Emergency Coordinator
> Pager #: (508) 354-3142
> Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
> Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
> Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
> Email Address: [email protected]
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>