"A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of
fools."
-- Thomas Fuller
THE EMCOMMWEST BULLETIN No. 159
- 20 MAY 2003 -
A Weekly Bulletin for ARES and other EMCOMM Operators and Public
Safety Officials in "the west"...and beyond.
D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ- Chief Editor - k6soj@arrl.net
Bill Frazier, W7ARC - Associate Editor and Webmaster - w7arc@arrl.net
Ed Ewell, K7DXV - Assoc. Editor for Training/Technical - ewell2@cvc.net
Paul Cavnar, NN7B - Associate Editor, Nevada - nn7b@arrl.net
INTERNET: www.emcomm.org E-MAIL: k6soj@arrl.net
A.R.R.L. HQ: www.arrl.org/ (Check it daily!)
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. RADIO WATCH . MONITOR . CALLING . TRAFFIC . EMCOMM . GUARD .
. EMCOMMWEST: 7111 KHZ DAY / 3711 KHZ NIGHT / 146.52 MHZ 24/7
. ALASKA WATCH/TRAFFIC/CALLING: 3534 // 7042 // 14050 KHZ
. NEVADA ARES MONITOR/CALLING SSB: 3965 KHZ
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L = Current local time in the [PST winter / PDT summer] zone.
Z = Universal Time Coordinated - UTC (same as ZULU and GMT.
HOMELAND SECURITY ALERT LEVEL: ELEVATED (Yellow)
IN THIS EDITION ...
+ ARRL EMCOMM COURSE SEMINAR AT ECW-03 RENO
+ EMCOMMWEST 2003 RENO
+ WELCOME NEW SUBSCRIBERS
+ SHORT CIRCUITS
+ NET LISTINGS (UPDATE)
+ NEW "ERMAS" (EMCOMM RESPONDER-MUTUAL AID)
+ ON-THE-AIR RADIOGRAM PRACTICE SESSIONS
+ NET REMINDER
+ KNOW CODE NETS (KCN)
+ WEST COAST NET (WCN)
+ NEW EMCOMM BOOK NOW AVAILABLE
+ TAKE THE TRAFFIC HANDLER'S CHALLENGE
+ TRAINING and CONTINUING EDUCATION
TRAFFIC HANDLING TRAINING - WRAP-UP
+ MEDFORD NWS-SKYWARN SECTION
SUMMER
2003 SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER CLASS SCHEDULE
RENO NWS SECTION
+ EMCOMMWEST BULLETIN INFORMATION
HOW IS EMCOMMWEST AND EMCOMM.ORG FUNDED?
RECENT CONTRIBUTORS
SUBSCRIBE TO EMCOMMWEST BULLETIN
BACK ISSUES LINK
SEARCH FEATURE AT EMCOMM.ORG
+++ ARRL TO
SPONSOR EMCOMM COURSE SEMINAR AT ECW-03 RENO +++
Dan Miller, K3UFG - ARRL National ARECC Coordinator has announced:
"The ARRL will offer a free Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
course (ARECC) seminar Saturday, May 31, in conjunction with EMCOMMWEST 2003, an
ARRL Pacific Division Operating Specialty Convention in Reno, Nevada.
The seminar will not include the Level I course itself. This program is
designed to explain in greater detail the duties of volunteer certification
mentors, instructors and examiners of the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
courses and provide additional information for people considering these
volunteer positions.
With Level I emergency communications training being offered nationwide
under the homeland security grant from the Corporation for National and
Community Service, we hope to have all ARECC team players reading from the same
page to ensure success under the federal grant guidelines.
The seminar will be held Saturday, May 31, from 1 PM to 5 PM in the South
Reno Baptist Church Auditorium, 6780 So. McCarran Blvd. (two blocks west of
South Virginia Ave). Seating may be limited. Contact Dan Miller,
K3UFG <k3ufg@arrl.org>, (860-594-0340;
fax 860-594-0259) at ARRL HQ if you plan to attend. For registered CMs,
CIs and Ces who attend, mileage may be
reimbursable up to a total of $35. Seminar attendance does not include
admission to the convention, which is May 31. For more information on
EMCOMMWEST 2003, visit the Web site http://www.cvrc.net/emcommwest."
+++ EMCOMMWEST
2003 - RENO +++
ONLY 11 MORE DAYS UNTIL EMCOMMWEST 2003!
ARRL PACIFIC DIVISION OPERATING SPECIALTY CONVENTION
Reno, Nevada
May 31, 2003
South Reno Baptist Church
6780 So. McCarran Blvd.
Reno, Nevada.
+ HIGHLIGHTS:
Presentation of Colors - Reno Squadron Nevada CAP Cadets
Don Carlson, KQ6FM, Santa Clara Valley SEC, ASM, and professional
broadcaster including the Armed Forces Radio Network.
Don is the
Operations Manager and Program Director at KYA AM 1200.
Dan Miller, K3UFG - ARRL HQ ARECC EmComm courses (4-hour seminar)
Dick Flanagan - ARRL Nevada Section Manager on Served Agency Relations
Jim Utterback - American Red Cross
Alex King - Salvation Army/SATERN
Roger Lamoni - Reno National Weather Service - NWS SKYWARN Program
Bart Lee, KV6LEE - World Trade Center...Experiences
Tony Chedester - Army MARS and EMCOMM
Door Prizes
AGENCY VENUES / DISPLAYS -
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Army/Navy-Marine Corps/Air Force MARS
National and Nevada VOAD
CLASSES / SEMINARS -
ARECC
and ARRL VE Testing (all levels)
EMCOMM
mobile and portable field unit displays and competition.
ARRL
Radiogram and Traffic Handling
NVIS
and EMCOMM
Ready
Pack and Field Operating
Personal Safety & Security
COMPETITION and DISPLAYS -
EMCOMM
Mobile units - Individual and Club/Agency
VENDORS -
Books,
etc.
VHF
and UHF Radio Analysis and Evaluation (FREE)
+ INFO SUMMARY:
Registration
is $10.00 advance or $15.00 at the door.
Hosted
by the ARRL Nevada Section and Northern Nevada
Amateur Radio Services (NNARS).
Expanded hotel/motel information on the web page.
If you who have not pre-registered, please do so on the web.
We need to know how may people that are attending to arrange for
lunch ($5.00 donation) provided by Northern
Nevada VOAD.
After you pre-register, mail your registration check to:
NNARS
PO Box 50445
Sparks, NV. 89435-0445
Write:
"EMCOMMWEST" and your call sign in "MEMO" space on your
check.
RENO is known as "the Biggest Little City in the World".
It is also "The Crossroads of the West".
+ FULL DETAILS:
. Information and registration now at: www.cvrc.net/emcommwest/
. History of EMCOMM . The EVENT . www.emcomm.org/emcomm/
. May 2002 QST Magazine story . www.emcomm.org/emcomm_story.htm
+ "C U IN RENO!"
+ WELCOME
NEW SUBSCRIBERS -
* Ken Vogele, KF6AYX, Diamond Springs, CA
* David Mendenhall, KG6MCL, Meadow Vista, CA -
Placer County ARES
* Bill Packard, N7HOT, Clackamas, OR - ARES
* Bill Mahar, KD7RPC, Wellington, NV - Douglas
County and member of DCART, SKYWARN and Search and Rescue. (Bill will be
bringing their SAR Communication Bus to ECW-03!)
+ SHORT CIRCUITS -
W. J. "Casey" McPartland, W7IB, Loomis, CA - ARRL Official
Emergency Station and Placer County ARES AEC, has successfully completed the
EMCOMM ARECC-02 course of study. Casey says: "I will likely take
ARECC-03 in the fall and may pursue the ICS course in the interim." - FB
OM! de K6SOJ
FOR SALE: All aluminum, insulated military communications shelter
that fits a pickup truck. Excellent condition inside and out. Would
make a perfect EMCOMM or Field Day "hut". The unit is located
near Reno, NV, and is easily transported on an auto-carrier trailer.
Pictures and info at: http://webs.lanset.com/buzz/Misc/grc142/radioshelter.html
Contact: Buzz, 775-677-2522 days or evenings. (via NN7B)
+ NET LISTINGS -
(UPDATE) -
NEW ADDITIONS TO LOCAL AND DISTRICT ARES AND SKYWARN NETS:
Su 1900 146.97- (123.0) Churchill County (NV) ARES
Tu 1900 146.97- (123.0) Lyon County (NV) ARES
A COMPLETE LIST is available at: www.emcomm.org
+ TWO NEW "ERMAs"
(EMCOMM RESPONDER-MUTUAL AID)
ERMA #29: Dave Mauldin, WA6TWJ, Rough and Ready, CA - Nevada County.
(Dave's first obligation, however, is as a first responder and emergency radio
operator for California OES T-COMM RF TEAM 3 and operator for the ACS/OES Inland
Region Communications Center in Sacramento, CA, when activated.)
ERMA #30: Carl Novak, WA6AOB, Grass Valley, CA - Nevada County ARES
(For more information about the ERMA program and registration go to: www.emcomm.org/svares/erma/index.html)
+ ON-THE-AIR
RADIOGRAM PRACTICE SESSIONS TO RESUME -
Due to popular demand, the Sacramento Valley Section ARRL will resume its
on-the-air RADIOGRAM practice sessions on 4 June 2003.
TEST MESSAGES will be transmitted twice a month on 3987 kHz ± shortly after the
WINCO NETS (approx. 2000 PDT - 1st Wednesday of the month); and after ARES
REGIONAL LEADERSHIP NETS - (3rd Wednesday of the month).
Each session will consist of two (2) formal traffic RADIOGRAMS.
Each TEST MESSAGE will be first be transmitted in slow speed CW;
Then the same TEST MESSAGE will be transmitted again in SSB.
Each message will also be published in the ECWB the following Tuesday.
A SPECIAL QSL WILL AVAILABLE to those who submit a correct copy postmarked
within three (3) days after the June 4 practice session.
RADIO AMATEURS OF ALL LICENSE CLASSES ARE INVITED TO TUNE IN AND COPY THE
RADIOGRAMS. NON-HF HAMS AND SWLS ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT REPORTS. (Use
standard ARRL RADIOGRAM format and send to: EMCOMM, P.O. Box 99, Macdoel, CA
96058 (Enclose a #10 self-addressed stamped envelope)
+ NET REMINDER
- (3rd Wednesday of the month)
Regional
ARES LEADERSHIP NET. A multi-county, multi district, multi-section,
multi-state, multi-division net
for SECs, DECs, ECs, AECs, and other ARRL leaders.
Visitors may check in at end of net. Meet your ARES leaders!
1930L 3987± kHz LSB (1982 kHz alternate)
+ DAILY "KNOW
CODE NETS" (KCN)
1300 PST 7111 kHz "up".
2000 PST 3711 kHz "up".
These are 1 kHz above QRP CW calling frequencies. (EMCOMM operators
are encouraged to operate QRP.) The KCN nets are for those who want to
improve their Morse skills and make contact with other EMCOMM oriented operators
in a somewhat informal setting. If you do not hear anyone...try calling CQ.
Since many CW operators are reluctant to "break in" to an
existing QSO, or are not yet ready for a "round table" type format; it
has been suggested that the listed frequencies be used for calling, and consider
moving long QSOs or roundtables up a few kHz. Learn to tune around...and
listen to
what's going on. Remember...stations using crystal controlled transmitters
may be operating "split".
+ WEST COAST NET
(WCN)
. The West Coast Slow Speed Traffic Net was founded in 1958 as the NSN Northwest
Slow Speed Net). It, "...was started with one purpose in mind. To
train amateur radio operators in the correct procedure of making up and handling
of amateur radio messages. Thus trained, they should become proficient in
handling traffic on CW. With this training, it would also make it easier to
check into the higher speed nets." Today the ECN still
"...exists primarily to train CW traffic operators in net procedure and
message handling."
The WCN meets daily at 1900L on 3702 kHz. Listen and/or check in
when visitors are called. For more information go to: http://home.attbi.com/~west-coast-net/pages/contents.html
+ NEW BOOK NOW
AVAILABLE -
MANAGEMENT OF THE AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTION
by Jerry Boyd, MS, KW7J is "hot off the press".
The
first definitive book on this subject in over ten years!
Designed
specifically for amateur radio EMCOMM managers.
A 48 page guide on how to provide effective leadership.
A "must read" for all AECs, ECs, DECs, SECs and other EMCOMM
leaders.
Available
now from:
WORLDRADIO BOOKS, 2120 28th St., Sacramento, CA 95818
$8.00 plus $2.00 postage and handling. (CA residents add 62¢
sales tax)
(Mention that you "heard it first" in the EMCOMMWEST Bulletin!)
NOTE: If you are attending EMCOMMWEST 2003 - RENO; a limited amount of
these books, autographed by the author, will be
available.
+++ TRAINING and CONTINUING EDUCATION SECTION +++
Ed Ewell, K7DXV Associate Editor for
Training - ewell2@cvc.net
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In this issue (in order to keep Ed Trump's TRAFFIC TRILOGY in sequential
order), we repeat Part 3... "Delivering Traffic" (which appeared first
in ECWB #152).
Index of the entire series:
Part 1 - Originating Traffic - (ECWB
#157)
Part 2 - Relaying Traffic ---- (ECWB
#158)
Part 3 - Delivering Traffic -- (ECWB
#159)
The series is the foundation for the "Traffic Handler
Challenge" which is available online at: www.emcomm.org
(click bar on main page)
You can also view the TEST RESULTS of those few brave
souls that have taken the test and also consented to have their score made
public! Click on: "Test Scoreboard."
ALSO please note the "ON-THE-AIR RADIOGRAM PRACTICE SESSIONS"
announcement elsewhere in this issue. And now...
+ "THE LAST MILE" (Delivering the
Traffic) - by Ed Trump, AL7N, ACWN NM
Handling third party written message traffic is a well established
activity in the Amateur Radio Service, and has been around nearly as long as
radio. It is one of the reasons we exist. Amateurs help out when
commercial communications fail. We are often the only communications
service left intact or are usually the first to be restored.
The rules and conventions for this activity are well spelled out in a
number of available publications. Most of the time we handle messages just
for practice. In the doing of that, here is something to think about: If
you check into any of the statewide (include local or higher - editor)
nets, you might get called upon to handle a third party written message. Do you
know how to do it properly?
Message handling takes a certain amount of commitment on the part of all
amateur operators who engage in it. If it is to be done at all it is
important that it is done correctly. For now, we'll talk about the
message's final delivery. It could be called: "The Last Mile".
Consider the following scenario: You are checked in to one of the
statewide evening nets, and old Joe down at Two Harbors comes on with a piece of
formal traffic for your town. Net control asks you if you can handle it.
It would be kind of silly to decline, wouldn't it?
So you take it on, and NCS sends you and old Joe off frequency to handle
the traffic. You tune to the assigned frequency, and give old Joe a call.
You call Joe because you will be the one receiving the message. Joe comes
on, and his signal has gone down a little, but you can still hear him
pretty well. You tell him to go ahead with the message. You copy the
message down. Although the band is not in the best condition tonight, you
think you get everything OK, even though you had to ask for a couple of
"fills" or "say agains" (repeats) along the way.
Now think about it:
#1: Are you sure you have the entire message exactly correct? Don't
say "Roger" or send the signal "QSL" on CW unless you are
ABSOLUTELY SURE you have the message OK ("OLL KORRECT"). If there is
ANY doubt, about ANY part of it, fix it RIGHT NOW, before you let old Joe get
away. Otherwise, you will always be a nagging doubt. Now that you
have this message copied out, what are you going to do with it?
#2: How are you going to deliver the message it to the addressee?
How you handle this ("Last Mile") step probably has more impact on the
public's perception of the Amateur Radio Service than anything else you do.
(More about that later.)
#3: Look at the message contents....(Message precedence notwithstanding).
Is it of a routine nature, or does it look like it might be something someone
would want to know about right away? Is there a local telephone number on
the message? This is a judgment call.
If the message is of a routine nature, and the hour is late, say after
8:30 or 9:00 PM, probably the best thing will be to wait until the following
day, and then try to phone the addressee. If the message looks like it
might be of an urgent nature, a phone call late in the evening might be OK.
You just don't want to get someone out of bed in the middle of the night and
scare hell out of them over nothing. Just think about it before you make
that call.
Lets suppose you elect to deliver the message by telephone the following
day, but the number comes up no good. What to do? You might look in
the local directory, and see if there is a newer listing by name, and try that.
If still a "no-go", your only recourse is to attempt delivery by mail
(or
in person.
The message should have a mailing address on it. Is the address
such that you could hand carry it to the addressee someplace? If there is
no way to physically send or give the message to the addressee, all you can do
is file it "undelivered" and originate a return service message (now
you
get to send one!) to the originating station, and say so. Give a good
reason for non-delivery, whatever it is. Bad address/bad phone
number/moved-no forwarding address/deceased, etc.
NEVER throw a message away unless the originator cancels the message or
otherwise instructs you to do so. It is a good idea to keep a copy on file
for at least a year...just in case.
#4: Let's say you end up having to mail the message (or maybe you
delivered it over the phone and the addressee wants a hard copy...it is always a
good idea to offer one). Type it or write it neatly on a radiogram blank or a
plain half sheet of paper in PROPER MESSAGE FORM. (Note: see
"tip" below.) Put it in a neatly addressed envelope with your
return address on it, and mail it. You buy the stamp.
Nothing makes a better impression on a person receiving a message than a
neatly typed radiogram on an official-looking blank; especially these days when
radiograms or telegrams are a VERY rare event for the average person.
By the same token, a sloppily copied and poorly delivered or
non-delivered message will leave a negative impression. People do talk, you
know. Consider this: If Aunt Minnie sends Nephew John a radiogram from an
amateur radio booth at the county fair, she sort of expects it to be delivered.
If Aunt Minnie and Nephew John have a phone conversation sometime after the
fair, Aunt Minnie might ask Nephew John if he ever got the radio message she
sent. If Nephew John remembers getting a neatly typed message in a timely
manner, he will probably say "Yes, I sure did!", The event has left a
good impression on him, and the esteem of the Amateur Radio Service goes up a
few points with both of these people; as well as others they may tell about it.
The message delivery was handled in a professional manner.
I know..... "Fair Messages" are considered "junk
traffic", but look at the impact this can have. Suppose Aunt Minnie
asks Nephew John if he got her message, and John says: "Huh? What
Message?" Now, the Amateur Radio Service takes a BIG hit in the
eyes of these people. Aunt Minnie probably will say..."The heck with ever
doing THAT again...They're amateurs, all right...Phooey!"
You could apply this scenario to any message activity, not necessarily
traffic from County Fairs. It might be traffic from a Disaster Shelter
someplace, where people are trying to find out the status of relatives and loved
ones. The positive or negative impact on the public would be even greater
in this instance.
#5: So think about it. ANY message involving a third party will
have either a positive, or negative, impact on how the Amateur Radio Service is
perceived by those who send and receive that message. It will depend upon
how well WE handle it. It will have even more of an impact on messages of a more
important nature, such as welfare inquiries and the like.
So what if you have to come up with a 37 cent stamp and
an envelope to mail a message! That's pretty inexpensive "good
PR", is it not? And a short paid toll call to deliver an urgent
message would likely be very well received in almost any circumstance, and buys
a lot of "good PR" with the
folks who receive the message. They will be grateful that you went to the
trouble. And the cost is small. Even if the message preamble bears
the handling extra code "HXG", (way too many do these days, by the
way), you might want to consider a nice delivery anyway.
What it boils down to, is simply this...If you are going to engage in
handling message traffic, resolve to learn how to do it and how do it right, and
then commit your efforts to always doing it so. Especially when dealing
with "The Last Mile". A little practice now and then will help
too. The Amateur Service will be the better for it, and so will you.
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+ MORE "LAST MILE" RADIOGRAM TIPS -
Detailed instructions about delivering RADIOGRAMS can be found on page 76
of the ARRL NET DIRECTORY 2001-2002 edition; in older editions (buff cover) of
the Public Service Communications Manual; and numerous other places. Remember:
"X" separators are not read or included in the final delivered
message.
"ARL" NUMBERED RADIOGRAMS are spelled out verbatim per ARRL FSD-3.
RADIOGRAM blank forms with twenty-five lines (one per word) are available at: www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#radiogram_form
and can be printed out (two per page). You can print out a "master
copy" and then take it to a copy center and make as many as you like on
canary color paper.
You can make the old style forms (that are blank in the middle) by "whiting
out" the twenty-five word lines. The "blank in the middle"
forms are much nicer (and easier to use) if you are typing the final message and
mailing or hand delivering it.
RADIOGRAM postcard blanks (FORM 4) are available (10¢ ea.) from ARRL HQ
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Previous training bulletins are archived at:
www.emcomm.org/svares/training/
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THE TRAFFIC HANDLER'S "MANTRA":
"No . Prepared . Ham . Should . Copy . Priority . Traffic . Delayed"
"No . Prepared . Ham . Should . Copy . Priority . Traffic . Delayed"
"No . Prepared . Ham . Should . Copy . Priority . Traffic . Delayed"
(NUMBER-PRECEDENCE-HX-STATION OF ORIGIN-CHECK-PLACE OF ORIGIN-TIME-DATE)
+++++ REFERENCE/RESOURCE SECTION +++++
ARRL FSD-218. The famous "pink card" that contains (almost)
"everything you ever needed to know about RADIOGRAMS". An
electronic version of the FSD-218 is available at: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#fsd-218
National Traffic System (NTS) Methods and Practices Guidelines
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/nts-mpg/
DIGITAL EMCOMM YAHOO GROUP (packet, SSTV, APRS, etc.):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cadigitalemcomm/
BEEN AWHILE SINCE YOU OPERATED CW? NEVER HAD THE ENJOYMENT OF MORSE
OPERATING? Then, take a look at: "A Beginner's Guide to Making CW
Contacts" by Jack Wagoner, WB8FSV at: www.netwalk.com/~fsv/CWguide.htm
AN EXCELLENT NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM (NTS) TRAINING WEBSITE IS AT:
http://www.qsl.net/aresco/nts-top.htm
ADDITIONAL (VERY) USEFUL information is available at:
http://www.remote.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch11.html
http://www.area-ham.org/tngdocs/ntsdocs/ntsman.htm
CW "NETIQUETTE" (An excellent guide for the advanced operator):
http://www.qsl.net/n5lf/cw-nts.html
FOR AN INTERESTING HISTORIC LOOK AT... "THE ART OF COMPOSING
TELEGRAMS":
www.metronet.com/~nmcewen/telegram.html
(Some of the information at the above URL may NOT apply to ARRL RADIOGRAMS)
=== NWS-SKYWARN SECTION ===
+ MEDFORD NWS (WX7MFR) SKYWARN NEWS AND INFORMATION -
Jim Reynolds, KD7MLO, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Medford NWS
Gary Peterson, N7GK, Acting Medford SKYWARN Coordinator
D. W. Thorne, K6SOJ, Asst. Medford SKYWARN Coordinator
SKYWARN is the National Weather Service program of trained
volunteer spotters reporting severe weather. The ARRL/ARES has a national
"memorandum of understanding" (MOU) with the NOAA/NWS.
MEDFORD NWS SKYWARN WEBSITE: www.emcomm.org/skywarn
+ MEDFORD NWS / SUMMER 2003 (Remaining) WEATHER SPOTTER
CLASS SCHEDULE
+++ UPDATED +++
Tuesday, May 20 - Modoc County +++ TONIGHT +++
7-9 p.m. at the USFS Conference Room, 800 W. 12th St., Alturas.
Thursday, May 29 - Klamath County
Class from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Banquet Room of the Klamath Falls Sizzler
Optional dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 4 - Curry County
7-9 p.m. in Brookings - Venue to be determined
Thursday, June 5 - Coos County
6-8 p.m. - Coos Bay Library, 525 Anderson St., Coos Bay
Wednesday, May 21 - Siskiyou County
6-8 p.m. CDF complex in Yreka
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MEDFORD NWS WX SPOTTER / SKYWARN NETS:
MEDFORD NWS WX SPOTTER NET: Wednesdays at 1915L on:
147.26+ / CTCSS: 123.0, (Mt. Ashland - Jackson County and more)
146.55 SIMPLEX (eastern Siskiyou and Klamath Counties)
146.97- (Likely/Modoc County Relay)
7232 LSB (up) DAYTIME
3987 LSB (down) NIGHTTIME
1982 LSB (alternate).
SKYWARN nets will be activated on these frequencies during severe weather
events.
NWS SKYWARN NET CONTROL STATIONS -
DATE 147.26+
3987 LSB
MAY 7 N7GK
N7TOD
MAY 14 N2RSN/N2RSI K6SOJ
MAY 21 N7IXS
N2RSN/N2RSI
MAY 28 N7GK
KB7EKF
ADDITIONAL NWS NET CONTROL OPERATORS SOUGHT -
For more information contact:
Gary, N7GK, gpederso@OregonVOS.net;
or,
Dave, K6SOJ, k6soj@arrl.net
Matt, N7TOD, n7tod@arrl.net (Reno)
NWS PACKET NODE ON MT. ASHLAND is on 145.030 MHz, ID is: skywrn.
NWS is asking for SKYWARN and ARES packet stations to connect and let them know
your location, the type of antenna and power you use to access the Mt. Ashland
node. The "connect" to NWS packet bbs (direct) is on 145.090 MHz and
the ID is NWSMFR. Then connect to NWSBBS, e.g., c nwsmfr. Then, c nwsbbs. The
NWSMFR at nws mfr is a node.
Questions? Contact Gary, N7GK e-mail: gpederso@OregonVOS.net
Check in to the JEFFERSON NOON NET daily at 1200L on 7232 LSB (alt. 3987) for
announcements regarding anticipated or actual severe WX.
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+ RENO NWS (WX7RNO) SKYWARN NEWS AND INFORMATION -
http://renoskywarn.org/
Warning
Coordination Meteorologist (WCM): Roger Lamoni
SKYWARN/Amateur
Radio Liaison: Matt Parker, N7TOD, Washoe County (NV) EC
SKYWARN NETS:
WEDNESDAYS 1905L 147.12+ (123.0) and 1915L on 3987 // Medford (OR) NWS PACKET
Information: Frequency 145.050 Keyboard : WX7RNO (automatically forwards to MBX
when station is unmanned) MBX: WX7RNO-1 (NWS/SKYWARN related traffic only
please, due to limited capacity of 10K, most of which is occupied by daily
forecast bulletins)
KaNode: WX7RNO-7
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you have a "first person" amateur radio related "adventure", or other story of interest, please feel free to submit it for publication in the EMCOMMWEST BULLETIN. We can't pay you for it, but if you want to share it with others...send it along. It probably will get (slightly) edited. NOTE: Before submitting long texts, please contact the editor for a FORMATTING GUIDE.
+ EMCOMMWEST
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There are no charges, dues, or membership fees for the EMCOMMWEST Bulletin
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