This is FYI: WFO OUN is going to get serious
about re-establishing the OUN Spotter network. This is new stuff
and details have not yet been worked, BUT! that the Alpha Sigma
Delta Radio Society is part and parcel of this effort needs to
be made clear in the ARDC proposal. Forrest Mitchell is the lead
on this; we're sidekicks.
More to come as I learn it.
73,
Kim Elmore N5OP
ASDRS Faculty Advisor
Subject: | Re: Ham Radio Storm Spotter Net |
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Date: | Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:44:27 -0500 |
From: | Forrest Mitchell - NOAA Federal <[log in to unmask]> |
To: | Richard Smith - NOAA Federal <[log in to unmask]> |
CC: | Kim Elmore - NOAA Affiliate <[log in to unmask]> |
Hi Kim,
I'd love to hear Forrest's thoughts, but I think this could work!
Forrest - any thoughts?
Rick
Rick Smith - Warning Coordination MeteorologistNational Weather Service - Norman Forecast Office
120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 2400
Norman, OK 73072
Hi Rick,
Now that the NWC is opening back up, would the WFO have any future interest in using ham radio storm spotting capability? No one can enter the WFO, of course, but it could conceivably be operated through the NWC’s ham radio facilities at the top of the NWC. All communication with the WFO would be through NWSchat, so reports we received from any of the ham radio sources would be forwarded through NWSchat to your office. Via the chat we could, of course, solicit reports on perceived threats as directed by the WFO.
I expect a cadre of trained people would act as the “net control” for this, so it wouldn’t be just any hammy hambone handling the traffic. Those trained people could help filter out clearly useless chatter and reports.
My understanding is that historically the Norman WFO had a top-notch ham radio spotting network that became persona non grata due to arrogant behavior by the net control operator that volunteered at the WFO. Would it be useful to reconstitute such a spotter net under a different scenario?
Tailwinds,
Kim (N5OP)
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP SEL/MEL/Glider, UAS, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
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