[Skywarn] New to skywarn

[Kevin Heyboer]

Welcome to the group, Jerry.  As a SKYWARN Net Manager, I am curious as to
why you want/need your own SKYWARN repeater.  Your county is served by W9ICE
and the Central Indiana Skywarn Network on the frequency of 146.670 on a 39
repeater network with direct access to the WSFO Indianapolis (IND) whose
radio call sign is W9NWS.

SKYWARN exists on ham radio through a Memorandum of Understand between the
NWS and the ARRL.  I am hopeful that you are communicating and coordinating
with W9NWS.org and your local version of ARES/ACS/AUXCOM/RACES.  Although
your repeater may soon be coordinated in your name and call sign, SKYWARN
groups and communications are generally coordinated by a single entity with
the knowledge and consent of the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at your
WSFO. The term SKYWARN is trademarked by the Department of Commerce.

Now, there may be a need in Daviess County for an additional repeater due to
propagation and other considerations.  However, having served for 20 years
in the capacity of a SKYWARN Coordinator for two different WSFO's, 3
different WCM's, and two different Emergency Communications Groups, please
trust me when I say these steps are important.

For example, my group, SW Carolina SKYWARN is also known as District 2 of
the CWA for the WSFO Morristown, TN.  We do not have a linked repeater
network, so each of the 7 districts runs its own net, but all report
directly to WX4MRX and each of the 7 Net Managers reports to the trustee of
that call sign and the WCM in Morristown.  

We will likely never have a linked network of repeaters because WSFO
Morristown covers East Tennessee, SW North Carolina, and SW Virginia,
including the Cumberland Plateau and portions of the Great Smoky Mountains.
The repeater we use is located at 4900 feet on Joanna Bald in far NE
Cherokee County, NC.  There are no phone lines or internet access there, nor
is there direct, line of sight for UHF/SHF linking.  Internet access for
Echolink/IRLP is not reliable here, especially during storms.

When I moved to Murphy three years ago, I volunteered to take on the
position of Skywarn Coordinator or Net Manager.  Before I could do so, I had
to get permission from the trustee of WX4MRX, the WCM at Morristown, and the
SEC of NCARES/NCAUXCOM.  My official title, as far as Tennessee is
concerned, is District 2 Emergency Coordinator for SKYWARN, but North
Carolina only recognizes me as a Net Manager because we are in a different
ARRL section.  It took almost six months to get all the approvals, but we
are officially listed and recognized by both the NWS and ARES.

Good luck with your project, and by the way, I saw your station on QRZ,
quite impressive.

Kevin Heyboer KD4UYR
AEC Cherokee County NCARES
Southwest Carolina SKYWARN Net Manager
http://www.cherokee-ares.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Skywarn [mailto:skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kc9zar
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 7:53 AM
To: skywarn at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Skywarn] New to skywarn

Hello to the group!
My name is Jerry - KC9ZAR and live in Washington Indiana. I own a local 70cm
repeater and would like to start skywarn in our county. 

Thanks for the add. 

Jerry - KC9ZAR
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