Spotter Roll Call!!!

[benjaminfs733]

SKYWARN Spotter for 3 years. Formerly Greene Co. OH, now, Warren Co. KY.

[reedeb]

Certified beginner and advanced Upstate So Carolina. I was in RACES in York County Maine for 7 years moved to SC about 5 years ago

[EWTCMT]

Certified Basic And Advanced here..Wife is Certified Basic

Have been in the program for about 4 years now..fortunately not a lot of activity in my local area to deal with which IS a good thing

[kf4vqd]

Skywarn certified and certifiable too!!!! southern tn been a spotter for about 10 yrs now

[KG4ZPD]

Well I moved back to native Va, where I first became a spotter for Prince William County

[Del]

N8OFP North East Ohio
NWS Trained Spotter for 10 + years

[sean128]

I thought SKYWARN didnt require a Ham ticket????

[kg4ojj]

SKYWARN doesn't require an amateur radio license, BUT most National Weather Services offices have ham equipment, ham volunteers, and/or have staff meteorologists that are hams.

I've hosted a number of SKYWARN classes in southern Georgia, and alot of our certified people are NOT hams. We encourage them to be involved with some group (e.g., Police, FD, ham, EMA, etc.) because of radio access (also letting someone know where you are spotting). However, you can submit storm reports via phone or computer (eSpotter).

Most hams are public-service oriented and are associated with some formal group (county-level Amateur Radio Emergency Services). All would help pass emergency health & welfare traffic if asked, etc.

I know many folks, locally, who have re-certified as Advanced Spotters that don't care to be amateur radio operators.

[K0AZV]

Originally Posted by sean128

I thought SKYWARN didnt require a Ham ticket????

It doesn't. A person can be trained for Skywarn and use something like the Espotter internet program through the NWS. You also have areas where a local spotter group runs through GMRS freq's (or in the case of St. Louis County, business freqs) as well the ham bands. A person can also call spotting information directly into the NWS local office.

Max...

[Scoopy]

I am a certified Sky Warn Spotter. I started in Central Florida during the past severe Hurricane years. POL-176. When I moved to Kentucky the NWS in Louisville said they did not assign Spotter numbers so I am now just a eSpotter on line.

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KF4EJS - General Class
Yaesu FT-2800M
Radio Shack Pro-97

[Spec]

7 years now.

[mondaro]

Hello Weather Fans !!

County Spotter Coordinator ( Hudson )
New Jersey

NWS Office: Upton NY - KOKX

Tony M.
Harrison, NJ

[K9GTJ]

Spotter & near home chaser.

[usswood]

First Year Severe Weather Spotter....also just got my HAM license too, im 2 for 2 this year

Illiana Skywarn--W Central IN E Central IL

[stewart00311]

Been doing Skywarn for nearly 12 yrs now in the Mid Tn area, have also used APRS with storm damage assesments in the Area.

Ham since 93.

This is a great Skywarn website for the Mid Tn area.
http://www.mtsh.org/mtears.html

[n2aur]

I've been a ham since 1963, and began reporting for NWS in 1984. I've been a registered Skywarn spotter for 2 years now.

[ironhorse1]

I've had my ticket for 10 days and was qualified on Basic, Advanced and Radar today (3/17/07.

Bruce
KI4UBF
Troutman, North Carolina

[sgtmatt]

Matt Alexander Here, Skywarn Spotter for at least 9 years Grant County Wisconsin.

[W5TWX]

11 Years

Former Assistant Emergency Coordinator for Williamson County ARES.

[BigEd1314]

Skywarn spotter for 4 years...and counting....