SKYWARN™ Recognition Day serves to celebrate the contributions to public safety made by amateur radio operators during severe weather events of the past year!
Skywarn™ spotters provide critical weather information before, during and after adverse weather strikes. This includes reports of rain and snow, ice and wind, storms and tornadoes, flooding and fire.
Amateur radio operators comprise a large percentage of the Skywarn™ volunteers across the country. The Amateur radio operators also provide vital communication between the NWS and emergency management if normal communications become inoperative.
This is our 24 hours to recognize all of the Skywarn™ spotters serving our nation! The objective is for amateur radio stations to exchange QSO information with as many Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters™ and National Weather Service Stations as possible on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2 meter and 70 centimeter bands. Contacts via repeaters are permitted.
NWS stations will operate December 7, 2024, from 0000 - 2400 UTC. (December 6 at 7:00 pm EST to December 7 at 7:00 pm EST)
Exchange:
Call sign, name, location, signal report, a one or two-word description of the weather occurring at your site ("sunny", "partly cloudy", "windy", etc.), temperature reading if available and
Skywarn™ Recognition Day Number if the station has one.
Modes:
NWS stations will work in various modes including SSB, FM, AM, RTTY, Winlink, CW, FT8, FT4, and PSK31. While working digital modes, special event stations will append "NWS" to their call sign (e.g., N0A/NWS).
Event and QSL Information:
The National Weather Service will provide event information via the internet. Event certificates will once again be electronic and printable from the main website after the conclusion of
Skywarn™ Recognition Day.
Log Submission:
To submit your log summary for
Skywarn™ Recognition Day , you can use the online submission form that will be made available on the NWS Skywarn™ Recognition Day main page when the event is completed. Deadline for log submission is January 31, 2025.
Jeff Note:
There is a website and registration form for this event. You will find them at:
As of this evening the registration link is not activated, but that should change shortly.
Jeff, WB1AAL