[Skywarn] Skywarn Recognition Day

Sat Nov 12 11:22:44 EST 2011

I've been working to get Morristown, TN - WX4MRX - on the list.

We have been active and are planning to operate this year but for  
whatever reason the station didn't appear the last year or two on the  
list of participating stations.

Greg Williams
gregwilliams at knology.net
k4hsm at knology.net

On Nov 12, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Lloyd Colston wrote:

> Apologies for those that have received this email multiple times. Its
> hard to believe but another SKYWARN Recognition Day is upon us. The
> following is the second in the series of updates on SKYWARN
> Recognition Day (SRD) 2011 and Echolink/IRLP operations. The following
> NWS offices have confirmed their time slots:
>
> NWS Raliegh NC
> NWS Gray ME
> NWS Minneapolis MN
> NWS Goodland KS
> NWS Springfield MO
> NWS Melborune FL
> NWS Fairbanks AK
> NWS Taunton MA
> -Updates have been made for these NWS offices stating 'Confirmed to
> Keep this Time slot' in the schedule below.
>
> Still waiting to hear from:
> NHC Miami FL
> NWS Aberdeen SD
> NWS Billings MT
> NWS Green Bay WI
> NWS Monterey CA
> NWS Phoenix AZ (Contact made but they are unclear on whether their
> time slot will work or not)
> -These remain listed as 'time slot from last year' on the schedule  
> below.
>
> EchoLink and IRLP are just a couple of modes people can utilize to
> contact NWS offices during SKYWARN Recognition Day. Many NWS offices
> will be on 2 Meters, 440 MHz, HF and other VHF/UHF bands. Additional
> details on SKYWARN Recognition Day can be found via the following
> link:
>
> http://hamradio.noaa.gov
>
> As in past years, the EchoLink *WX_TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP reflector
> 9219 system will be scheduling time for NWS offices in 1-2 hour time
> slots to act as a net control to make contacts with spotters that are
> on the system. If a NWS office runs out of contacts and there are
> other NWS offices on the system, the NWS office acting as net control
> can turn it over to a different NWS office to act as a net control on
> the system at their discretion.
>
> We'd like to ask NWS offices to do their best to adhere to the
> schedule. Sometimes this is difficult due to the number of contacts
> received by NWS offices. We ask for everyone's patience and working
> cooperatively to respect the time slot schedule.
>
> Below is the SRD schedule from last year. We would like to know if NWS
> offices would like to keep their time slot or change time slots. A
> couple of NWS offices have already asked to keep their time slot. See
> the list of NWS offices below:
>
> Time in UTC NWS Office Call-Sign
> 0000-0100: WX0GLD (Confirmed to keep the time slot)
> 0100-0200: WX1GYX (Confirmed to keep the time slot)
> 0200-0300: WX4MLB (Confirmed to keep the time slot)
> 0300-0400: W0ABR  (Time slot from last year)
> 0400-0500: WX1BOX (Confirmed to keep the time slot but can swap if  
> needed)
> 0500-0600: WX9GRB (Time slot from last year)
> 0600-0700: WX4HUN (Time slot from last year)
> 0700-0800: N0NWS  (Confirmed to keep the time slot)
> 0800-0900: KL7FWX (Confirmed to keep time slot. Will Show Up on
> Echolink as KL2GS - NWS Fairbanks AK)
> 0900-1000: KL7FWX (Confirmed to keep time slot. Will Show Up on
> Echolink as KL2GS - NWS Fairbanks AK)
> 1000-1100: KL7FWX (Confirmed to keep time slot. Will Show Up on
> Echolink as KL2GS - NWS Fairbanks AK)
> 1100-1200: WX7PHX (Time slot from last year)
> 1200-1300: W7NWS  (Time slot from last year)
> 1300-1400: KL7FWX (Confirmed to keep time slot. Will Show Up on
> Echolink as KL2GS - NWS Fairbanks AK)
> 1400-1500: WX4HUN (Time slot from last year)
> 1500-1600: WX1BOX (Confirmed to keep the time slot but can swap if  
> needed)
> 1600-1800: WX4NC  (Confirmed to keep the time slot, 2 hour time slot
> and time slot is from last year)
> 1800-1900: WX6MTR (Time slot from last year)
> 1900-2000: K0MPX  (Confirmed to keep the time slot)
> 2000-2100: WX4MLB (Confirmed to keep the time slot)
> 2100-2300: WX4NHC (Time slot from last year)
> 2300-2400: WX6NWS (Confirmed the NWS Sacramento California Office for
> this time slot)
>
> There will be other conference systems utilized for SKYWARN
> Recognition Day. They are as follows:
>
> The New England Reflector Gateway System will be utilized by the NWS
> Taunton, Mass. and NWS Gray, Maine offices from 0000-0500 UTC and
> 1200-2400 UTC. The New England Gateway system is on EchoLink
> Conference server *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123, IRLP reflector 9123. If other
> NWS offices would like to join the system, they are welcome to do so
> and participants in SKYWARN Recognition Day can also use that system
> to make contact with various NWS offices. This is a great place to
> move off the *WX_TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system after your
> scheduled time if other Amateurs or NWS offices whish to make contact
> with you.
>
> Also, the Western Reflector will be having NWS offices calling CQ as
> in past years on reflector 9250 and have its gateway system on IRLP
> 9258/EchoLink Conference *NV-GATE* Node: 125266 open for NWS offices.
> Please contact Kent-W7AOR for additional information on the Western
> Reflector.
>
> A few technical reminders for folks interested in making contacts with
> the NWS Forecast Offices on the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 and New
> England Reflector Gateway IRLP 9123/*NEW-ENG* Echolink Node: 9123
> systems:
>
> -The system allows both EchoLink and IRLP connections. For EchoLink
> users, you connect to the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203 conference system. For
> IRLP users, you would connect to IRLP reflector 9219.
>
> -If you are using EchoLink, the RF node or PC that you’re using must
> have EchoLink conferencing disabled. If it is not disabled, the system
> will automatically kick the node or PC off of the system.
>
> The reason this occurs is to prevent unintentional interference from a
> conferencing station that may not know the node is connected somewhere
> else. This will keep traffic moving on the net and reduce interference
> considerably.
>
> For more information on VoIP Technical Configuration Tips, please go
> to our web site at http://www.voipwx.net where we have a link to that
> information on the main menu of the web site. This announcement will
> also be on the web site.
>
> We are looking forward to another fun SKYWARN Recognition Day on the
> *WX-TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP reflector 9219 system, New England Reflector
> Gateway system and Western Reflector system. Thanks to all for their
> support!
>
> 73,Rob-KD1CY.
> Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
> ARES SKYWARN Coordinator for NWS Taunton Massachusetts
> Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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