[ILHam] REMINDER: FRIDAY and SATURDAY--Skywarn Recognition Day and Cook County ARES SET

[Neil R. Ormos N9NL]

Dear Cook County ARES Members and Friends:

COOK COUNTY ARES SET AND SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY

Friday 5 December 2008 1800 CST through
Saturday 6 December 2008 1800.

This year, the Cook County ARES SET will coincide
with the National Weather Service's Skywarn
Recognition Day activity. Skywarn Recognition Day
is a FUN amateur radio operating event to
celebrate the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN
radio operators make to the National Weather
Service (NWS).  Although Skywarn Recognition Day
is intended principally as a fun operating event,
EmComm-focused amateurs can use this as a great
learning opportunity.

WX9LOT at the National Weather Service Forecast
Office in Romeoville will be making a special
effort to contact hams in the 23 counties of the
NWS Chicago County Warning Area (CWA) on the 2m
and 70cm bands.  Although WX9LOT may be on 2m and
70cm at any time during the 24-hour event,
operators will be working extra hard to make 2m
and 70cm contacts from 7 pm CST to 10 pm CST,
Friday night, December 5, 2008 and 9 am to 12 noon
Saturday, December 6, 2008.

For more information on our SET and Skywarn
Recognition Day, visit:

  <http://pages.ripco.net/~ormos/ares.html#link-skyrec>

73

--Neil Ormos N9NL
District Emergency Coordinator
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Cook County/Chicago