NWS Gray SKYWARN Amateur Radio Team
The
NWS Gray SKYWARN Amateur Radio
Team is a group of volunteers who support the National Weather Service
Forecast Office, in Gray, ME by using radio to collect and relay timely and accurate reports of
severe
weather to the National Weather Service.
Amateur radio operators have a
long history of supporting the SKYWARN mission here, with the earliest
logs on record dating back to 1986! Our current volunteers are proud to
be a part of that legacy and continue to demonstrate the vital role
that amateur radio plays in supporting the SKYWARN mission.
What is SKYWARN?
SKYWARN®
is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather
spotters across the country. These volunteers keep their local
communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe
weather to the National Weather Service.
To
ensure a network of knowledgeable volunteers and accurate reporting,
those who are interested in becoming spotters are asked to attend a
training session provided by a local office of the National Weather
Service. SKYWARN® training is provided free of
charge and typically
covers these areas:
- Basics
of
thunderstorm development
- Fundamentals
of storm
structure
- Identifying
severe weather features
- Information
to report
- How
to report
- Basic
severe weather
safety
Training sessions are offered
throughout
Maine and New Hampshire by the Gray Forecast Office.
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Click
here
for the latest training dates and locations.
Resources
for
Spotters:
Click
on the
buttons below to download helpful documents such as the SKYWARN Spotter
Guide, and more.
Resources
for
Net
Controls:
Net Control operators should be familiar with the
following
documents. The most important of these are the Operations
Manual, Frequency Guide, and Net Control Scripts:
Become a Supporter!
We've
rolled out a new program to encourage greater participation in SKYWARN.
Please consider enrolling your ham radio club or EmComm group as an
Official Supporter of the NWS Gray SKYWARN Amateur Radio Team. Click
here to find out more.
If you're an individual ham radio operator who's interested in
volunteering as a Net Control Operator, please click here to
sign up!
WX1GYX
SKYWARN Amateur Radio Station
The
Radio Desk at
NWS Gray consists of a quad band Yaesu FT8900 (10m/6m/VHF/UHF), Kenwood
TS570 for HF, and a Connect Systems CS801 for DMR.
The station is active during SKYWARN activations as
well
as special events such as SKYWARN
Recognition Day, and the Maine
2 Meter FM Simplex Challenge.
SKYWARN
Frequencies
During severe weather and SKYWARN® activations, spotters are encouraged
to check the following frequencies and modes to see if a SKYWARN®
representative is taking reports:.
FM Repeaters:
| Primary Repeater: 147.090 (+ / 100)
Falmouth, ME
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Alternate Repeater:
449.225
(- / 103.5) Windham, ME |
Digital Voice:
Primary DMR: TS1 Talk Group 759 (SKYWARN)
|
Alternate DMR: Statewide
Talk Groups |
| Primary WIRES-X (ME): UFB Network |
Primary WIRES-X (NH): Wolf Pack Network |
Other repeaters that regularly feature SKYWARN call-ups:
145.450 ( - /
100) North Conway, NH
145.490 ( - / 91.5) Washington, ME
146.610 (- / 88.5) Lewiston,
ME
146.655 (- / 100.0) Mt. Washington, NH
146.880 (- / 100.0) Buckfield,
ME
146.985 (- / 123.0) Gilford,
NH
147.000 (- / 100.0) Deerfield,
NH
147.030 (+ / 88.5) Ossipee,
NH
147.045 (+ / 103.5) Gray,
ME
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North
Conway, NH Washington, ME
Lewiston, ME
Mt. Washington,
NH Buckfield, ME
Gilford, NH Deerfield,
NH Ossipee, NH
Gray, ME
|
Mount Washington Valley, NH
Midcoast ME
Androscoggin County, ME
Coos County, NH
Oxford County, ME
Central NH
Rockingham County, NH
Lakes Region, NH
Cumberland County, ME |
Please
let us know if you are aware of any other repeaters (especially those
outside the VHF range of NWS Gray), that feature regular SKYWARN
activity, and we’ll add them to the list.
Primary FM Simplex: 146.595
HF Frequencies:
| ARES HF Statewide (Day): 7262 kHz LSB
|
ARES HF Statewide (Night): 3940 kHz LSB |
| HF Alternate (Day): 28.455 kHz USB |
Alternate HF (Night): 3860 kHz LSB |
NOTE:
HF
is used as a
backup to VHF communications and during exercises.
SKYWARN
/ Weather Nets
Yankee SKYWARN®
Net (Maine) - meets every
Saturday evening at 7:30 PM local time on the KQ1L linked repeater
system.
Kingdom
Weather Net (Vermont) - meets every
Monday-Friday at 8:30PM on
the Jay Peak repeater (K1JAY 146.745 / -
100Hz), and Sunday at 5 PM on 3933 kHz.
New
England Weather Net (New England) - meets every
Monday-Saturday at 5:30-6:30 AM on 3.905 kHz. Click
here for more details.
SKYWARN DMR Net
(New England) - meets every Thursday evening at 7:30 PM on TS1 Talk
Group: 759 (SKYWARN) on the DMR MARC network. Features a
discussion of
weather events and reporting procedures.
SKYWARN Weather Net
(WIRES-X / YSF) - meets every Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM on the UFB New
England Network (WIRES-X Room: 62148 / YSF Reflector: FCS
00339).
Echolink
Weather Net
- 0000 UTC Sunday (Saturday night at 7pm local) on the *WX_TALK* (Node:
7203)
How to Report:
Net
Control Operators should report via the GYX SKYWARN Net Reporting Form
Other methods include:
Phone: (800) 482-0913
Email: gyx.skywarn@noaa.gov
Twitter: @NWSGray
(useful for sending pictures)
Winlink: WX1GYX
Maine
NOAA Weather
Radio Stations
| Site
Name |
Transmitter
Name |
Call
Sign |
Frequency |
Power |
WFO |
| Falmouth |
Blackstrap
Hill |
KDO95 |
162.550 |
500 |
Gray,
ME |
| Ellsworth |
Ellsworth |
KEC93 |
162.400 |
1000 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Milo |
Milo |
KHB54 |
162.550 |
1000 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Frenchville |
Frenchville |
KHB55 |
162.475 |
300 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Meddybemps |
Meddybemps |
KHC47 |
162.425 |
300 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Greenville |
Greenville |
WNG542 |
162.425 |
300 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Jonesboro
(Marine) |
Jonesboro |
WNG543 |
162.450 |
1000 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Sugarloaf
Mtn |
Sugarloaf
Mtn |
WNG547 |
162.450 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Dresden |
Blinn
Hill |
WSM60 |
162.475 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Caribou |
Mars
Hill |
WXM77 |
162.525 |
200 |
Caribou,
ME |
| Springfield |
Lakeville |
WXN28 |
162.500 |
1000 |
Caribou,
ME |
New
Hampshire NOAA Weather
Radio Stations
| Site
Name |
Transmitter
Name |
Call
Sign |
Frequency |
Power |
WFO |
| Deerfield |
Saddleback
Mountain |
KZZ40 |
162.450 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Mt.
Washington |
Mt.
Washington |
KZZ41 |
162.500 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Clarksville |
Ben
Young Hill |
WNG544 |
162.400 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Holderness |
Mt.
Prospect |
WNG545 |
162.550 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Hanover |
Moose
Mountain |
WNG546 |
162.525 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Pack
Monadnock |
Peterborough |
WNG575 |
162.525 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
| Concord,
NH |
Plausawa
Hill |
WXJ40 |
162.400 |
300 |
Gray,
ME |
Regional
SKYWARN Links
New York
|
Vermont
|
Massachusetts
|
Maine / NH |
Maine
(Eastern) |
Albany,
NY
251 Fuller Road
Suite B-300
Albany, NY 12203
(518) 435-9580
|
Burlington,
VT
1200 Airport Drive
South Burlington, VT 05407
(802) 862-2475
|
Norton/
Boston, MA
46 Commerce Way
Norton, MA 02766
(508) 622-3250
|
Gray
/ Portland, ME
P.O. Box 1208
1 Weather Lane
Gray, ME 04039
(207) 688-3216 |
Caribou,
ME
810 Main Street
Caribou, ME 04736
(207) 492-0170 |
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SKYWARN
Presentations:
- Click here to download the SKYWARN
Strategy Meeting presentation, held on December 6th, 2014.
- Click here to download the
SKYWARN Strategy Meeting presentation, held on December 5th, 2015.
- Click here to download Mike
Kitsner's Winter
SKYWARN presentation from the January 2015 training.
- Click here to download the
SKYWARN Strategy Meeting presentation, held on December 3rd,
2016.
- Click here to download the
SKYWARN Strategy Meeting presentation, held on December 2nd, 2017.
- Click here to download the SKYWARN
Strategy Meeting presentation, held on December 1st, 2018.
- Click here to download the SKYWARN
Drill / Net Control Training presentation from October 2019.
- Click here to download the SKYWARN
Strategy Meeting presentation from December 7, 2019.
- Click
here to watch our SKYWARN presentation during the Maine
Virtual Hamfest, on March 6th, 2021.
- Click here to download the Advanced Summer Spotter Template from May 4, 2022.
- Click here to
download the SKYWARN Net Control Training for 2022.
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Observations
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