SKYWARN - ICT-Wichita, KS NWS

When and Where? All nets are held from March thru September, none during the winter

Net Time (UTC/24hr)	Net Frequency and Area
147.150 Butler Co Net 0030UTC/1830 Every Tuesday Flint Hills ARC	This net is sponsored by the Flint Hills ARC and is run on the El Dorado 147.150 repeater for the Butler County and extreme NE Sedgwick Co coverage
146.955 Chatauqua County 0100UTC/1900 Every Tuesday	Repeater for this net is located in Sedan, KS
146.850 (103.5 PL) Derby Input 0100UTC/1900 First Wednesday Kan-Okla Repeater Network	This net is held to reach the southwestern sections of the Wichita warning area. Please see the maps on the Warned Area page
145.13 (156.7 PL) Beaumont 0130UTC/1930 First Wednesday	This net is for the SE Kansas area reaching to nearly the eastern edge of the Warned Area
146.61 and Echolink WX0ICT Node 0200UTC/2000 First Wednesday Search for WX0ICT in on-line stations	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.

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.

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