[nrv-hams] SKYWARN Recognition Day

[Charlie Smith]

What frequency will they be on ?

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> On Nov 27, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Edward Lener <lener at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
> Everyone,
> This Saturday, Dec. 1st, is SKYWARN Recognition Day. Contacts will be made
> all day long and the fun will actually start the evening before. Carter
> Craigie reports that at this this point it’s looking like we should have a
> good complement of operators at the Blacksburg NWS Forecast Office SKYWARN
> Desk.
> 
> Club members and other amateur radio operators in the area are asked to
> turn their radios on at home and/or in their vehicles and to answer the
> SKYWARN ops’ calls with the following:
> 
>   - Their callsign
>   - Their (first) name
>   - Their location
>   - Their observed weather conditions.
> 
> SKYWARN Desk ops need practice in carefully recording that information.
> Whenever severe weather is observed, say, at a later date, both senders and
> recorders need such practice. In this way, this coming weekend's operation
> is preparation for actual weather events in the future!
> 
> This winter looks like it may be a Deusy so getting such practice in
> advance will be good for us all.  More information can be found at
> https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition and http://www.wx4rnk.org/
> 
> Edward Lener, AK4IS
> Secretary, New River Valley Amateur Radio Club
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