| SKYWARN Recognition Day for Amateur Radio
Operators is co-sponsored by the National Weather Service and the
American
Radio Relay League. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the contributions
that amateur radio operators ("hams") make to the National Weather Service
during times of critical weather. During the event, hams across the country
try to contact as many NWS offices as possible using their radio equipment.
The contacts are received and logged at the individual NWS offices by volunteer
amateur radio operators.
During the 5th annual event, three operations teams participated
using individual transmitters from the NWS Melbourne, FL facility from 7 pm Friday December
5 through
7 pm Saturday December 6. The teams were comprised of ham operators from two
active SKYWARN groups within East Central Florida:
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN and the
Treasure Coast Weather Net; as well as
the East Central Florida SKYWARN Group
(licensed NWS Melbourne
meteorologists).
The NWS Melbourne East
Central Florida SKYWARN Group callsign
WX4MLB was used.
Thank you to all the Osceola County ARES/RACES and
Treasure Coast Weather Network
members who made this a successful and enjoyable event and to those stations
who participated in the SKYWARN Recognition Day event and also those who support SKYWARN
operations throughout the year.
The preliminary results:
Total Contacts:
539
States Contacted:
43
NWS Stations Contacted:
42
Countries Contacted:
20
Continents Contacted:
4
Bands: 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 meters
Modes: SSB, CW, APRS, PSK31 |
Event Participants:
| Bill Bailey - KG4NZR |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Michael Burke - N4HHA |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Joe Connery - WA1ZVA |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Chris Hammock - KE4DUJ |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Richard Halquist - KG4FZO |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| John Hayden - KG4BFJ |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Harry Kaufman - WN7YJJ |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Melvin Liwag - KF4PN |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Steven Proctor - KG4JFK |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Joe Reilly - N4ZIQ |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Leo Reilly |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Ronald Ruebush - KE4WBI |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Rod Sherman - KB9ECA |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Jim Stout - AA9LW |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Scott Clark - KG4URK |
Osceola County ARES/SKYWARN |
| Peter Amar - KD4SPW |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Bob Barry - KG4ZYP |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Sherri Brower - W4STB |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Wayne Burkett - KA1VRF |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Frank Caimi - WB3JCC |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Amanda Elliot |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Dana Elliott - AF4CN |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Ralph Francavilta - N2BMN |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Erin Simmons - KG4YQK |
Treasure Coast Weather Net |
| Pete Blottman - N2RFW |
NWS Melbourne SKYWARN Group |
| Bart Hagemeyer |
NWS Melbourne SKYWARN Group |
| Scott Spratt - KT4PD |
NWS Melbourne SKYWARN Group |
For questions, comments, feedback, please email Scott
Spratt. To receive a QSL card from WX4MLB, please
send an your card along with an SASE to: NWS Melbourne, 421 Croton Road,
Melbourne, FL 32935. Electronic QSLs can be exchanged via
http://eqsl.cc/qslcard/. For certificate information,
click here.
Year by Year Statistics
| YEAR |
TOTAL QSO's |
NWS QSO's |
STATES |
DX COUNTIES |
| 1999 |
279 |
20 |
38 |
7 |
| 2000 |
489 |
38 |
43 |
12 |
| 2001 |
276 |
33 |
48 |
3 |
| 2002 |
388 |
35 |
44 |
29 |
| 2003 |
538 |
42 |
43 |
20 |
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