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Hi Everyone, Do you have any plans Sunday night? If not, or if you can squeeze it in, I cordially invite you to join the new ALERT Sunday Night Net. This net, formerly the BARC Sunday Night Net meets every Sunday at 7PM on 146.88 MHz, with a backup frequency of 146.76 MHz. Glenn Glass, KE4YZK, formed the net about 15 years ago and I took over as Net Manager from Mark Nichols, K7NOA in 2001. BARC has now donated the net to ALERT for ALERT promotion and visibility. To BARC, we the members of ALERT say “thank you” for your support and confidence. The ASNN is a “discussion net” and as time goes on I’m going to slip training snippets in as to what the NWS and ALERT does and doesn’t need reported, operating procedures and anything else this dusty brain can concoct. One thing to be stressed is the net is NOT an emergency net and won’t be activating for emergencies. One should always respond to your local ARES / Skywarn Net when situations arise. Should the A Continue reading

ALERT / National Weather Service Birmingham Coverage Area

  • ALERT covers the BMX county warning area. Presently, this includes: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston