Re: [CASILIST] New Spotter Frequency!

Sailor (lrboyce{at}ibm.net)
13 Jun 1999 16:07:05 -0000

On the surface, this sounds just fine, but in the Augusta, GA area, as
in many areas, we depend on the range of our repeater for coverage. The
NWS guy is in Columbia, SC and there's no way in bloody blue blazes for
him to hear us if we go to simplex. If all we were doing was having a
group chase, it would be OK, but that's not how we normally handle our
skywarn nets.

"Gregory S. Williams" wrote:
>
> Well this is news to a great many HAMs who are on several SKYWARN mailing
> lists. Looks like these multitudes of HAMs who voted on this never
> bothered to fill any EC's in.
>
> I sure as heck havent heard anyhting about it until recently. I knew
> several areas were going to 147.420 simplex to coincide with Red Cross lo
> band (47.42) but this is a first for me...and a *LOT* of others.
>
> Greg
>
> At 01:33 AM 6/8/99 -0000, Jason Breakiron wrote:
> >For those of you who are Spotters and are HAM Radio operators or if you
> >have a scanner: There is a new frequency set up for spotters/chasers/HAM
> >Radio Operators to share weather information during severe weather. The new
> >frequency is: 146.550 It will be used all over the nation. for more
> >information go to: http://www.hamsnet.net/kc5trr/simplex.htm This New
> >frequency was created by Steve Miller KC5TRR, My administrator partner in
> >Chasers digest. It was created so that everyone across the country could
> >report severe weather
>
> Gregory S. Williams
> ke4hsm{at}icx.net
> http://user.icx.net/~ke4hsm/index.html
> http://user.icx.net/~ke4hsm/skywarn.html
> http://user.icx.net/~ke4hsm/twiar.html

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