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SKYWARN® Informational Nets - Weekly
Reporting Events to the NWS

When and Where?
Net Control Pre-amble link

Net Time (UTC/24hr) Net Frequency and Area

147.150 EL Dorado
0030UTC/1830 each Tuesday

Flint Hills Skywarn Net - NEW - The Flint Hills ARC Skywarn Net is being held on the 147.150 EL Dorado repeater each Tuesday at 6:30pm.
Beaumont 145.130
0130UTC/1930 each Tuesday
Beaumont (SE Kansas) Area Net - SKYWARN net for SE Kansas will be held on the 145.130 repeater at 7:30pm. The 145.130 repeater (Beaumont) has a PL tone of 156.7

Echolink WX0ICT Node
0200UTC/2000 each Wednesday

Wichita Area SKYWARN: is now at 8:00pm Wednesday. Look for WX0ICT on Echolink or use K-Link if your repeater is connected to the system. Repeater use for area check-ins has been near impossible. The Tuesday evening Wichita 7:00pm net on 146.820 has ceased.

Contact WXØICT with your reports meeting the reporting criteria when your area is under a warning.

Who may participate?

The Skywarn nets are open to all licensed Amateur Radio operators. You do not have to be active with Skywarn to take a report. It is encouraged that all hams attend annually spotter training presentations in the spring months

When the staff on duty has a ham license, and severe weather is in the warning area; the radio is likely on and monitored. When conditions warrant the full focus of the NWS staff for a significant duration, Skywarn volunteers are activated to the Wichita office. Note the nearest repeater to you from the list of programmed frequencies.

Skywarn Nets are represented during severe weather. Most recently the tornado in Greensburg and flooding in Coffeyville. The National Weather Service is not always staffed with the people turning the radio on and monitoring any certain frequency.

What is the purpose of the net?

The purpose of the SKYWARN® net is to provide a link between the NWS and amateur radio operators, to be used to enhance the gathering and distribution of critical severe weather information. The routine weekly net also allows the National Weather Service to notify SKYWARN® volunteers of upcoming events and other important information.

The 146.820(-) repeater East of Hutchinson is used for events effecting counties as far North as Saline County, east to extreme NW Butler County, south into Sumner County and west to the extreme Eastern Stafford County with a 50watt station.

Communications on public service frequencies are also used for some surrounding counties.

Providing ground truth reports

Updated Monday, April 5, 2010 20:13

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