We had another great SKYWARN Recognition Day on December 6th! Here are a few shots of the operators in action.
Ron N4PHP
Special Thanks to John Miller KI4VVM for providing these pictures.
SKYWARN Recognition Day 2008 Pictures
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SKYWARN Recognition Day 2008
ALERT will be participating in SKYWARN Recognition Day this year.
When: December 6, 2008 (0000 – 2400 UTC)
Where: National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL
Callsign: K4NWS
Modes: ALERT will attempt to utilize HF (80m-10m), 6M, 2M, 70CM, D-Star if permitted, and Echolink if permitted.
For more info visit http://hamradio.noaa.gov
“SKYWARNTM Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. It celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARNTM radio operators make to the National Weather Service. During the day SKYWARNTM operators visit NWS offices and contact other radio operators across the world.”
The following video is a SKYWARN Recognition Day promo using ALERT audio and created by:
Kevin Pauley, KB9WVI
Public Information – Bloomington Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bNhW2XWT9yo
SKYWARN Recognition Day 2007 Photo’s
Photo’s of the event have been posted on our website…
Just click on the SKYWARN Recognition Day link on the main page then click on 2007.
SKYWARN Recognition Day 2007 Results
Six ALERT members helped out.
15 NWS stations contacted. 90 total contacts.
This year’s particapants:Â
- Steven Moss – KB4FKN
- Sean Golden - N1FFN
- Terry Dillard – KI4YZI
- Mark Wells – WD4NYL
- Ron Arant – N4PHP
SKYWARN Recognition Day 2007
The Birmingham Alabama, National Weather Service Forecast Office will be participating in the 2007 SKYWARN Recognition Day. This event started by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League, celebrates contributions to public safety made by volunteer SKYWARN participants. NWS offices frequently acquire real time information from radio equipped weather spotters – especially during periods of severe or adverse weather. These spotters provide valuable ground truth reports for phenomena such as hail, high winds, tornadoes, flash flooding, and snow fall reports. Those reports are used by our staff to prepare and verify statements and warnings
During this event, SKYWARN operators at NWS offices around the nation make contact with amateur radio operators nationally and around the world. Contact will be attempted with as many participating NWS offices as possible via amateur radio. We will operate under our call sign – K4NWS.
This event takes place the first Saturday of December for 24 hours from 0000-2400Z (Universal Coordinated Time). Locally, this will be from 6 PM CST Friday evening through 6 PM CST Saturday evening December 1st. A majority of the contacts are made via the High Frequency (aka. Short Wave) bands 80-10 meters (~3.500-29.7 MHz). Contacts will also be made via the VHF amateur frequencies on the 6 meter band (~50 MHz) and 2 meter band (~144-148 MHz). Most contacts in this event are made by phone mode (voice).
Other modes such as Continuous Wave (Morse Code) and digital modes such as RTTY and PSK31, along with the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) like IRLP, EchoLink and “D-STAR, KI4PPF C” may be used too.
The North Alabama SKYWARN repeater system will be activated during this event.
For more information, please visit: http://www.hamradio.noaa.gov