[TCARC-NTX] Fw: Skywarn Recognition Day In North Texas

[Fred Muehlen]

Matt, KD5TXW, and myself, N5WLA, will be on the HF rig tonight from 9
p.m. to midnight.  Give us a shout!

fm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARRL Web site" <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
To: <n5wla@isp01.net>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 8:39 AM
Subject: Skywarn Recognition Day In North Texas


> Greetings ARRL Members of North Texas!
>
> The Fort Worth National Weather Service office plans to work Hams in
> North Texas during 2003 Skywarn Recognition Day. I will be one of the
> volunteers at the FTW NWS office working HF phone and PSK-31 starting
> around noon local time. I hope to contact many Skywarn operators
during
> this special event and convey my personal thanks for a job well done.
> Here are some details about the event from ARRL NTX ASM Frank Krizan,
> KR1ZAN, one of the volunteer coordinators for the operations in Fort
> Worth:
>
> The fifth annual Skywarn Recognition Day (SRD) takes place  this
weekend
> from 6 p.m. Friday, December 5th to 6 p.m. Saturday, December 6th.
The
> Fort Worth National Weather Service office will again be on the air
via
> HF phone, PSK-31, APRS, VHF/UHF FM phone and IRLP/EchoLink using the
> call sign WX5FWD.
>
> The Fort Worth NWS will staff its many VHF/UHF radios during the day
> Saturday to attempt to work Hams in counties traditionally served by
the
> NWS during Skywarn operations.  The schedule of which county/repeater
> will be monitored during specific times is available through links at:
> http://www.qsl.net/k5bsa/nws2003.html
> This site also has a link to the National SRD web site which contains
> information about the Recognition Day, how to obtain certificates and
> QSLs and more.
>
> "We hope to work the many dedicated storm spotter volunteers who
> contribute greatly to our Skywarn program," said Gary Woodall, KD5WUT,
> of the Fort Worth NWS office.  "This will be the first year for our
team
> to aggressively make contacts on area repeaters; plus, we'll be
> operating on various IRLP/EchoLink nodes."
>
> Coordination of the Fort Worth NWS activity is being handled jointly
by
> the WX5FWD Skywarn Team and Venturing Crew 73 of Richardson.
>
> 73,
> Roy Rabey - AD5KZ
> ARRL NTX SM
>
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> Section Manager: Roy C. Rabey, AD5KZ
> ad5kz@arrl.org
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