Alert: New * MISCELLANEOUS SKYWARN BULLETIN Expires Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:15:00 -0400

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MISCELLANEOUS SKYWARN BULLETIN - AREA LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT
SKYWARN OPERATIONS CENTER WAKEFIELD VA
1215 PM EDT SUN MAR 9 2014

.. SKYWARN RETURNS TO AREA 6 IN SMITHFIELD, VA ..

THE NWS WAKEFIELD SKYWARN AMATEUR RADIO SUPPORT TEAM IS PLEASED TO
ANNOUNCE THE RE-LAUNCH OF SKYWARN OPERATIONS IN AREA 6.

THE SKYWARN PROGRAM IS DIVIDED INTO 9 OPERATING AREAS, BASED ROUGHLY ON
PRIMARY REPEATER COVERAGE IN EACH TERRITORY. SKYWARN AREA 6 INCLUDES
THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA LOCATIONS:

CITY OF FRANKLIN
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY
CITY OF SUFFOLK
SURRY COUNTY
SUSSEX COUNTY

.. FREQUENCY INFORMATION ..

AREA 6 ACTIVATIONS WILL PRIMARILY TAKE PLACE ON THE WT4RA REPEATER
IN SMITHFIELD, VA. THIS REPEATER IS ON 147.195 MHZ AND UTILIZES A PL
TONE OF 100.0 HZ.

THE N4WFU 146.745 MHZ REPEATER, PL TONE 131.8, IN ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC,
ALONG WITH ITS EASTERN VOTING RECEIVERS, WILL SERVE AS A BACKUP IN THE
EVENT OF DIFFICULTY WITH THE SMITHFIELD REPEATER AND TO REINFORCE
SKYWARN COVERAGE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF AREA 6.

BOTH REPEATERS ARE EQUIPPED WITH IRLP FOR LINKING INTO OTHER AREAS.

THE N4WFU REPEATER REPLACES PREVIOUS ARAE 6 BACKUP REPEATER
DESIGNATIONS IN FRANKLIN, VA AND AHOSKIE, NC.

.. AREA 6 PERSONNEL ..

SKYWARN ACTIVITIES IN EACH AREA ARE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE USE OF AN
AREA MANAGER WHO SERVES AS THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT FOR SKYWARN IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE AREA. FUNCTIONS INCLUDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, CLUB AND
REPEATER TRUSTEE RELATIONS, AND TRAINING, AS WELL AS ALL ACTIVITIES
RELATING TO THE PREPARATION AND ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN NETS.

HOWARD WAXMAN, KO4GS OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE
AREA 6 MANAGER.

TRAINING OF AN INITIAL CREW OF SKYWARN NET CONTROL OPERATORS WAS
COMPLETED IN WINDSOR, VA ON MARCH 1. THE FIRST BATCH OF NET CONTROL
OPERATORS:

CHRIS HANSLITS W4VX
RIGEL HINCKLEY WR1GL
JOE HORTON N4LWC

ADDITIONAL SKYWARN NET CONTROL OPERATORS WILL BE NEEDED IN THIS AREA,
AND ANOTHER TRAINING CLASS IN THE AREA IS ON THE ROADMAP FOR LATER THIS
SUMMER.

IN THE MEANTIME .. SKYWARN NETS WILL BE STAFFED WITH THE AREA MANAGER
AND THESE THREE NET CONTROLS .. TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY IRLP LINKING INTO
AREA 1 IN RICHMOND, AREA 2 IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA, AND AREA 3 IN
WILLIAMSBURG, EITHER DIRECTLY OR VIA THE RALEIGH IRLP REFLECTOR, 9211.

.. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ..

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE WAKEFIELD SKYWARN PROGRAM, TO REQUEST
CLUB OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, FOR TRAINING INFORMATION, OR TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK ON SKYWARN OPERATIONS IN THE AREA, PLEASE CONTACT:

HOWARD WAXMAN, KO4GS
SKYWARN AREA 6 MANAGER
NWS WAKEFIELD SKYWARN AMATEUR RADIO SUPPORT TEAM
HOWARD...@WX4AKQ.ORG

STEVE CROW, KG4PEQ
AMATEUR RADIO COORDINATOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
STEVE...@WX4AKQ.ORG
CELL 804.559.5798

THE TEAM ACKNOWLEDGES AND EXTENDS ITS APPRECIATION TO THE WESTERN
TIDEWATER RADIO ASSOCIATION FOR THE ONGOING USE OF THE SMITHFIELD
REPEATER AND ITS RELATED FUNCTIONS .. TO BARRY EVANS N4WFU FOR THE
CONTINUING USE OF HIS ROANOKE RAPIDS REPEATER .. AND TO CHRIS HANSLITS
W4VX FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN COORDINATING THE SKYWARN NET CONTROL CLASS
IN WINSOR ON MARCH 1.

$$

SCROW