[InHam] INARRL BULLETIN 024-2004

[Brian - KB9BVN]

INARRL BULLETIN 024-2004
19:52PM EST 11/28/2004 de KB9BVN

NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 26, 2004--The sixth annual ARRL-National Weather Service
SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) event will take place Saturday, December 4.
Begun in 1999, SKYWARN Recognition Day pays tribute to Amateur Radio SKYWARN
volunteers for the vital services they provide during weather-related
emergencies. During the 24-hour activity, radio amateurs set up stations at
National Weather Service (NWS) offices and work as a team to contact other
hams around the world.

"Ham radio operators are a tremendous resource for the National Weather
Service," says Scott Mentzer, N0QE, the event's organizer and the
meteorologist-in-charge at the NWS office in Goodland, Kansas. "The dedication
these amateurs have shown is inspirational, and their assistance during the
year is invaluable."

The 2004 activity gets under way December 4 at 0000 UTC (Friday, December 3,
in US time zones) and continues until 2400 UTC. The object is for amateur
stations to exchange QSO information with as many National Weather Service
stations as possible on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6 and 2 meters, and 70 cm.
Contacts via repeaters and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) modes also are
permitted. Operators will exchange call sign, signal report, QTH, and a one or
two word description of their weather, such as "sunny," "partly cloudy,"
"windy," etc. Participants in the 2003 SRD logged nearly 19,000 QSOs.

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Brian Murrey - KB9BVN
KB9BVN at arrl.net
Indiana Section Bulletin Manager
(317)535-9887
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