[PHX-Skywarn] SKYWARN Recognition Day

[Allen Sklar]

Hello All
This is via Steve Sipple.....
Please keep in mind that you are ALL invited..
If you are not a ham op, please let Steve know
so he can make sure some one is there to help you out....
Also.. Happy Thanks giving.....


Allen Sklar
Tempe AZ USA
 
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Greetings!
As we approach the start of SRD 2006, I would like to keep you updated 
with some
details of local interest ... especially as it relates to Visitors in 
the SRP building.

*Park in the Visitors Lot at 1521 N. Project Drive, Tempe, and enter the

main entrance
*After you get a pass from the receptionist, wear it at all times
*NWS office personnel can talk to visitors and on the radios... *AS TIME

PERMITS*
*Please keep noise levels down, and keep the number of visitors to 4 or 
less at any one time
*If you are scheduled to come in on a particular hour, try to arrive 10 
minutes before
*The break room is for drinks and food (I will buy the pizza)
*The *frequencies/modes and logs will be located next to the radios or 
on the PC*
*Any questions...ask me or one of the PSR staff who will be on duty

Here at WFO Phoenix, where the official start time is 5 pm Friday Dec 1,

I would like to have us aware of some of the basics, such as the  
Operating Procedures during SRD 2006.

If you have not done so already, and you are on the Visitors List to 
come and operate the
radios, please read http://hamradio.noaa.gov
and if you have any questions please ask. In addition, I have
made a copy of the Procedures, and put them at the ham radio work
station.

The national focal point is Matt Mehle, and here is his latest 
update...from 15 November:


Hello All,

National SKYWARN Recognition Day is less than three weeks away. This 24 
hour amateur radio event begins at 0000 UTC on December 2, 2006. Since 
my last update, we have gained roughly 30 more participants. This puts 
the running total of registered offices at 75, including our friends at 
the Prairie Storm Prediction Center in Winnipeg and the National 
Hurricane Center.

Don’t forget, information regarding this event will also appear in the 
December issue of QST magazine and will most likely be in the Public 
Service section. That article will be coming out soon and will alert the

ham community and hopefully increase participation.

I have received a few questions regarding an Echolink/IRLP reflector for

SRD use. We are currently making arrangements and will most likely have 
a set up similar to last year with assigned time slots. I will have more

information in my next e-mail update about how offices can sign up for a

time slot.

This is a reminder to those offices working from airport grounds to 
notify the airport manager about this event, including any temporary 
antennas you plan to erect, and what frequencies will be in use. This is

done as a courtesy to make certain that our operators do not interfere 
with airport communications.

On a side note:
The San Diego, CA WFO will be dedicating their operations during SRD to 
the five USFS Firefighters that lost their lives battling the 
“Esperanza” Fire a few weeks ago. The fire occurred within their 
forecast area (Western Riverside County).

If you have any other questions, let me know.

73…
Matt
KCØTER
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Additional emails may be upcoming, and other visitors(spotters and 
potential spotters) may be
added to the Visitors List.

Stay Tuned !!

Steve
602 275-7002 main number