[SIERA] NWS Reno radar donw- spotte help needed

[Glenn Thomas]

>    For those you who have not heard the news yet, The NWS Reno 
> Office has lost  use of the NEXRAD radar facility located on 
> Virginia Peak.  The reason? Wind gusts to over 140+ mph over this 
> weekend.  If you would like to see the destruction of the facility, 
> please go to:
>http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/rev/current/KRGXDomeFailure.pdf
>    In the meantime, Dee Arnold, KA7LOZ who is our liason to NWS 
> Reno would like us to know that the NWS will be monitoring the 
> 147.210+ PL. 100 and 147.150+ PL. 123.0 linked system for spotter 
> information in real time.  She said that "we will have to be their 
> eyes for the time being until it can be repaired which could be 
> some time after Christmas at the earliest".   She will be at the 
> NWS office to monitor on a periodic basis, so you may call the 
> station with real-time information at WX7RNO.    Thanks for you help.  73
>
>
>Don Carlson - KQ6FM  ARRL Life Member
>NV Section EC / RACES Officer
>Public Information coordinator/
>ARRL National PR Committee
>kq6fm at charter.net