[PHX-Skywarn] Skywarn Coordinator

Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:30:05 -0700

Yes: good show!
Jim Youell  007 Wenden, La Paz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Oliver" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [PHX-Skywarn] Skywarn Coordinator


> Congraudlations, Even though I am not a ham, I am an observer and
appreciate the
> effort.
>
>         Charlie Oliver MAA011
>
> Larry Adkins wrote:
>
> > I hope everyone is enjoying a nice weekend.
> >
> > To bring you all up-to-date, I have been asked by Steve Sipple to accept
the
> > position of "Skywarn Coordinator". I have accepted. This will provide a
> > conduit between amateur radio and the NWS. I hope this will meet with
> > everyone's approval. Now before you ask why me, let me provide you with
a
> > brief background on who I am.
> >
> > Presently I hold an Amateur Extra Class license, WB0PDP. I have been a
ham
> > since 1974. While living in North Platte, Nebraska, I became interested
in
> > the hobby while serving with the National Weather Service as a Weather
> > Service Technician. I was the Skywarn program leader at the time. Once I
> > became a Novice, WN0PDP, I was hooked. From North Platte, I transferred
to
> > Bismarck, North Dakota. Here I was in charge of the Skywarn program for
the
> > entire state. I was also the ARRL North Dakota Section Emergency
Coordinator
> > for almost two years. From Bismarck, my career took me to Savannah, GA
and
> > then to WSFO, Phoenix, AZ in 1978. Those of you who lived here during
that
> > time, will remember the floods of 1979. Being one of the only certified
> > weather radar operators, I once spent four days in the radar room
sleeping
> > on a cot. Valley hams made sure I had a fresh HT and batteries so I
could
> > continue to make contact with spotters. I left Phoenix in 1981 because
it
> > was just too hot!
> >
> > >From Phoenix I spent a couple of years stationed at Who's in Oregon
(OIC at
> > Burns, OR and a tour with WSO Pendleton, OR). In 1984, I was assigned by
the
> > NWS to be Official In Charge of WSO, Red Bluff, CA. Again, I handled the
> > Skywarn program for all of Northern California. It was here I became
> > interested in  amateur television. We equipped aircraft with amateur
> > television to survey flood damage along the Sacramento River and beam
the
> > video back to the weather office. I believe this was one of the first
uses
> > of amateur television for Skywarn.
> >
> > In 1986, the Weather Service assigned me as OIC of an embedded WSO for
San
> > Francisco. I remained here for the rest of my career retiring in 1993.
Here
> > I was Skywarn Coordinator for the nine counties surrounding the San
> > Francisco Bay. Over all, I have 25 years with the National Weather
Service.
> > Before the NWS, I spent three years as a civilian with the Department of
> > Defense, U.S. Navy involved in firing meteorological rockets into the
> > atmosphere at the Pt. Mugu Pacific Missile Range and 6 years in the Army
as
> > a warrant officer involved in ballistic meteorology. Other duty not
> > mentioned includes a tour at WSFO Oklahoma City, Anchorage, Alaska
Regional
> > HQ and the Pacific Weather Patrol.
> >
> > I am married to a fantastic lady going on 20 years now and she has also
> > adopted my hobby. She is a Tech Plus - N7EQN. For years I have tried to
get
> > her to upgrade but she just won't do it. We currently live in Mesa in a
> > retirement community.
> >
> > I will attempt to provide Steve with the assistance he needs and the
> > coordination that amateur radio is looking for. I hope I will have the
> > support of each of you. My door or phone will always open to you. In the
> > next week, I will be contacting several of you on how we can solve the
> > immediate problem of establishing a reliable backup repeater's) for
sector
> > 2.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Larry Adkins, WB0PDP
> > 480-890-1606
> >
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>  For Skywarn, NWS  And Weather service information Contact
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