[TCARC-NTX] FW: SRD 2003

Fri, 7 Nov 2003 22:24:29 -0600

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From: Frank Krizan [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:10 PM
Subject: SRD 2003

SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY 2003

For the fifth year in a row, the National Weather Service will again
host an amateur radio special event.  This year, it's on Saturday,
December 6th  UTC, and, is known as SKYWARN Recognition Day.

SKYWARN Recognition Day for Amateur Radio Operators is cosponsored by
the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. The
purpose of the event is to celebrate the contributions that amateur
radio operators ("Hams") make to the National Weather Service during
times of critical weather. During the event, Hams across the country try
to contact as many NWS offices as possible using their radio equipment.
The contacts are received and logged at the individual NWS offices by
volunteer amateur radio operators. 

SKYWARN Recognition Day will be held Saturday, December 6th, 2003, zero
hours to 2400 hours ZULU, which is 6 p.m. Dallas time Friday evening to
6 p.m. Saturday.  BSA Venturing Crew 73 of Richardson will again
coordinate operations at the National Weather Service office in Fort
Worth.  The special event call sign used will be WX5FWD.

A significant number of volunteers are needed this year to staff an HF
station, a VHF/UHF station, a PSK-31 station, EchoLink/IRLP and APRS
operation.  If you would like to volunteer, send an email to Frank
Krizan, KR1ZAN, at  <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]

We hope you'll be able to take part.  Volunteers are asked to commit to
at least 2 hours of operation, plus approximately one additional hour
observing/training prior to operating to get acquainted with the
equipment and logging.    For more information, including the available
operator times, see Crew 73's web site,  <http://www.qsl.net/k5bsa>
http://www.qsl.net/k5bsa    Full details about this NWS Special Event
are contained at  <http://hamradio.noaa.gov/> http://hamradio.noaa.gov

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