Aloha,

I put this together from open source materials. I have not seen any plans for Hawaii but there may be plans but you can still get on the air Saturday. It will actually start in Hawaii on Friday at 1400 and go to Saturday at 1400.

SKYWARN Recognition Day 2020 (SRD 2020)

2020 Saturday, December 5^th SKYWARN Recognition Day

24-hour period

Starts 00z Dec 5, Ends 24Z Dec 5^th

 

1. Object SKYWARN Recognition Day serves to celebrate the contributions to public safety made by amateur radio operators Skywarn Spotters during threatening weather.

• Amateur stations to exchange QSO information with as many National Weather Service Stations as possible on 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, and 2 meter bands plus the 70 centimeter band. Contacts via repeaters are permitted.
   
• Non-Amateur Radio Spotters to exchange weather information as often as possible via Social Media with NWS Offices. 

2. Date NWS stations may operate at any time during December 5, 2020 from 0000 - 2400 UTC.

3. Exchange: Call sign, signal report, QTH, and a one- or two-word description of the weather occurring at your site ("sunny", "partly cloudy", "windy", etc.).

4. Modes: NWS stations will work various modes including SSB, FM, AM, RTTY, CW, and PSK31. While working digital modes, special event stations will append "NWS" to their call sign (e.g., N0A/NWS). NWS offices may also participate via Social Media platforms throughout the 24-hour period. (Most NW Offices won’t allow non workers inside because of COVID)

5.Station Control Operator: It is suggested that during SRD operations a non-NWS volunteer should serve as a control operator for your station.

6. Event and QSL Information: The National Weather Service will provide event information via the internet. Event certificates will once again be electronic and printable from the main website after the conclusion of SRD.

On Echolink: https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarn_echolink

For information regarding *WX_TALK* Conference Node on Echolink please visit the Voipwx.net. Voipwx.net also lists the schedule for when a particular office will be the control operator.

Hawaii does not have a weather office node on Echolink listed.

DMR (I have not seen which TG yet), DSTAR

IRLP 9219

Echolink conference node: 7203, IRLP reflector 9219

ALLStar

 

Winlink email address: NOT A NATIONAL email address but if you want to try Winlink, you can send to Wx1box@... or wx4nhc@...

 

Submit Logs: https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

(there will be a link to submit logs on this page)

N1mm doesn’t really work well since this is not a contest.

Computer logs ok but add details to notes

Paper logs ok

Summary of your activities, only upload your summary

Online form, do not log every contact with this form, just a summary

Completed by JAN 31^st, 2021

There will be a google form to submit to do the summary.

 

Operating Tips

Self-Spot, one place to do that is DX watch

Use Phonetics

Stay in General portion on HF

Be courteous on repeaters

Still not a contest

FT8/FT4

 

Event Specific Numbers, The #’s are only for SRD 2020

Individual SRD # will be posted at Skywarn Recognition Webpage https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

The NWS will issue to all registrants a number to be used during SRD contacts. This is not a spotter ID number for use during severe weather events, it’s for the 2020 SRD only. Each number will include the three-letter ID of the registrant’s nearest NWS forecast office. For example, a Fort Wayne spotter’s SRD 2020 number might turn out to be “IWX-123”.

 

There will be 4 groups, 1. NWS Offices, 2. Amateur Radio Licensed Spotters, 3. Non-Amateur Spotters and 4. Untrained spotters

 

SRD Event #, include when interacting.

 

NOAA SKYWARN Page:

https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

 

VOIP Hurricane Net:

http://voipwx.net/

 

Register:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjTY8Cpa7b43CdUdgeBGRKcHlUv4FB86wVL7MpO19i2t7MBg/viewform

 

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/skywarnrecognitionday

NWS plans informative, live videos on the Facebook group during the 24-hour period of SRD. Live streams on Facebook Group page about different information.

 

In addition, NWS encourages SKYWARN spotters to watch Twitter and Facebook during the SRD 24-hour period for posts using the hashtag #SKYWARN20 and to reply with their SRD numbers.

Twitter, search and use #skywarn20 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23skywarn20&src=typeahead_click

 

https://rb.gy/8oeskq

 

Email list: SRD+subscribe@groups.io This is an announcement only email list, so posts are limited to moderators. If you need to contact a moderator or have a question about SRD please email  SRD+owner@groups.io.

 

SRD QSO’s

CQ SKYWARN Recognition Day 2020 de your callsign

-The basics,

·      RST,

·      QTH,

·      Name

-The SRD Stuff

·      Wx,

·      NWS Office (if you are affiliated with that office),

·      SRD # (use Phonetics)

 

Calling CQ on call CW SRD20

 

Forecast office 3-digit letters that id the office.

 

Example QSO:

CQ SKYWARN Recognition Day 2020 de KH6OWL

KH6OWL de callsign

Callsign this is KH6OW, you are 59, Honolulu, name is Stacy, WX clear 85 degrees, HNL, SRD #______ back to you callsign.

 

Remember to have fun and This is an annual event to recognize the contributions of radio amateurs to the NWS SKYWAN Program.

 

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