Skywarn Recognition Day was from 6pm Friday, December 4th thru 6pm Saturday, December 5th. Bob W2IK was the key operator who worked the full 24 hours, reported we made more than 300 contacts, of which about 38 were other National Weather stations participating in the event. Bob says this is about double the number of contacts that were made last year during the same time span.
We’ll add in a list of participating hams in the very near future..
Here are the photos from N5NTG and W2IK.
The busy ham radio operators down at the San Antonio – Austin National Weather Service office in New Braunfels, TX are using the club call sign KD5UMW on the air, using 20/40/80 meters HF, VHF, UHF, Echolink, IRLP, and who knows what other modes? I know that Skywarn has established standard modes / frequencies to be used, but we aren’t limited to just those.
With the inclement weather in the area, operators may be tasked with gathering actual weather info during the event. So if we are asked for help, lets do all we can. For those of you working longer shifts you might want to bring food if you think you will want to eat. Restaurants are a not all that close to the NWS.
Paul would like to keep operators inside the Weather Service to 3 at a time. There should be times that we may have 4, so this would be a good time to give Bob a break as he is working the whole event. Please bring a headset if you have one as we need to keep things fairly quiet inside. If there are any questions please contact me.
Bob W2IK has generously offered to handle QSL cards for the event (an SASE will be required) and the KD5UMW QRZ info will be used.
For those that may need the address:
2090 AIRPORT RD NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130 USA
Thanks to all of you,
Wade (w5erx@arrl.net)
On Thursday, December 3rd, 2009, Pat & I went north to Boerne to attend the KARS Christmas Dinner at the Boerne Vistro on Main Street. Food was wonderful, and if anybody left there hungry, well… All I can say is that it was their own fault! They had a wonderful buffet with several selections, and most of us chose that option. A few ordered from the menu, and a few of us even risked ordering from the dessert menu afterward.
Here are my photos from that night…
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12 6th, 2009| 