• National Weather Service - Amateur Radio SKYWARN Operations
Amateur Radio SKYWARN Operations • National Weather Service, St. Louis, MO
For a list of the Fall 2011 Spotter Classes Schedule, click here for a PDF version of the schedule.
Amateur radio is a vital part of the National Weather Service (NWS) SKYWARN system. The instant communication of severe weather reports and other weather information during severe weather outbreaks are an important part of the NWS warning process.
The NWS St. Louis covers 46 counties in Missouri and Illinois. This is known as our County Warning and Forecast Area (CWA). With a CWA that stretches from Columbia, MO east to Salem, IL, and from Quincy, IL south to Fredericktown, MO, real-time communication across this area can be quite a challenge.
The following are the established frequencies/repeaters that are monitored during times of severe weather. In the St. Louis Metropolitan area direct to NWS on 145.330. Areas north of I-70 on 145.190, and on the Missouri Show-Me Intertie for Central to East Central Missouri and for Illinois.
Weather Spotter Training classes are held in in the spring and fall. For spotter training class information and schedule, click here. To download a PDF version of the Basic Spotter's Field Guide, click here.
Please visit the St. Louis NWS SKYWARN Operations page for additional detail and resources.
• Local Listing of SELL • SWAP • TRADE Items:
The local DX club - The Mississippi Valley DX/Contest Club (MVDX/CC) has a local on-line listing of available items. And, if you would like to list an item email the information to Steve, WØSJS.
For a list of local items that are for SALE •TRADE • SWAP, please click here.
• SLSRC Repeaters:
To view the location of the SLSRC repeater on Google Maps, click here.
2-meter Repeaters:
- 146.850 - WØSRC & IRLP Node 3453 - KB5YZY w/141.3 CTCSS
- 146.910 - NØTYZ w/141.3 CTCSS
- 146.940 - KØSTL St. Louis County SKYWARN - During Severe Weather
- 146.970 - WØFF w/141.3 CTCSS
1 1/4-meter Repeater:
- 224.520 - WØSRC w/141.3 CTCSS
70-centimeter Repeaters:
- 442.100 - KBØMWG
- 443.075 - WØSRC w/141.3 CTCSS
February 24 - Rapid Respons Team • Digital
The program for the February meeting will be presented by two members of the " RRT Team" (Rapid Response Team) will be talking about the digital modes used by amateur operators at an incident and the equipment to do so.