I've been a ham operator for 30 years and while I am not a trained Skywarn spotter (yet!) I've participated in a few severe weather nets and listened to a lot more. This really is one of the outstanding benefits that the ham radio folks give back to our communities. I remember listening to the Raleigh NC Skywarn net during the April 16, 2011 North Carolina outbreak and one moment I will never forget...a gentleman called the net and said, in a very oddly flat and calm voice, "Yeah, uh, I'm here at Dragstrip Road and Highway 242 and...my house is gone." Turns out the guy's manufactured home had taken a direct hit from an EF2 and was over in the next field. So greetings from 4-land, and thank you all SO MUCH for what you do. 73 de KS4RY
This is fantastic as a learning tool for those new to spotting and the HAM interactions! I'm in MN and am A SkyWarn spotter... I was an EMT-B first but always had an interest in severe weather... I became very serious about getting into spotting when my restaurant was redecorated by sister tornadoes in 2010.. 3 sirens failed that night including mine but because of my weather interest I knew we were in trouble... Ty for posting these... It's great behind the scenes for people to know how the warnings can get out ASAP and to appreciate that there's no replacement for ground truth! *Hugs* to all spotters! =)
This is KC9ZSC~ i was stationed in Marengo monitoring this net. Most of my reports from Huntley and Marengo get relayed though this net. Again Thank for for everything you do Northern IL Skywarn. I will be taking my General licence this spring. I looks toward to this as well taking my EMT-B licence. to further help out with local Skywarn nets and Emergency communication and EMG medical needs for severe weather events~ KC9ZSC 73s and Clear~~
I'm very impressed with the level of competence, professionalism, and services rendered to the public by the Skywarn amateur radio operators. Nice work, groups! W9SPY
Enjoy listening to these at work. I'm from s.e. Michigan and don't really see to many but Im also a spotter for my area only have seen one so far while being a spotter. Keep them coming enjoy these like I said. 73 De KD8AAK 👋🏻
Great job! The only thing that could make it better is a volume boost on remix for the far-away radios. The difference in volume is very great, so turning up the volume on the listener's end to hear the remote radios, leads to hearing damage when local radio replies/ comes back on. Thanks for keeping us safe!
This is awesome! Thanks for posting this! I think it would be awesome if you did the entire day instead of cutting around! But still very cool! Hopefully we will get more ones in the future!
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting to listen to what was happening that day in the Rockford and surrounding area. Everyone in N IL Skywarn did a nice job, certainly. I help out with both Kane Co ARES and Naperville EMA. I was out as one of the spotters deployed by Naperville that afternoon keeping watch from on top one of the Edward Hospital parking garages. We were just heartsick when we heard of the tornado reports over the ham radio. I could see the parent storm from my location and watched it as it headed into McHenry Co and beyond that evening. Interesting that you could talk with Phil at WX9LOT at first, and then the signal got too bad to reach. I wonder how much the stormy weather was a part of the interference (I help at WX9LOT as well). Must have been pretty stressful for the NC, but he did a great job handling the traffic. I'm assuming W9PAT turned out to be ok. Hope you don't have to run a net like this for a very long time. :)
KD9DBQ I run wx nets in Peoria co. This is excellent work. I hope this is how I sound. This day was my 1st as part of the Peoria Co ARES team. I was on a rotating funnel here locally. I made the persistent rotation report and 30 seconds later the sirens sounded . Made me realize how sure you have to be of a report. Never touched down.
Howdy! First off, wonderful job as net control. I’ve been using your videos to study on my own. Which brings me to my question: what are some tips at becoming a good NCS? I don’t have the time to go through the FEMA emcomm courses but very much would like to volunteer as a NCS during severe weather. Thanks! -KD9LAC
SKIPPY wow, 5 years ago I made that comment.. I now live near St. Louis lol.’ That said, I’m assuming Camanche, Follets, McCausland, maybe even Princeton?
One question what does Condition Black mean in your protocol? Great net control and delegating what is the main reports you are looking for. Do you have a decent group of spotters? Thanks for the video!
I wish we had such a well organized net where I live. The guys here just kinda fly by the seat of their pants and 99% of the people on the net are at home. I can't remember the last time I heard a mobile unit in an active net even during our most recent tornado warnings.
I've been a ham operator for 30 years and while I am not a trained Skywarn spotter (yet!) I've participated in a few severe weather nets and listened to a lot more. This really is one of the outstanding benefits that the ham radio folks give back to our communities. I remember listening to the Raleigh NC Skywarn net during the April 16, 2011 North Carolina outbreak and one moment I will never forget...a gentleman called the net and said, in a very oddly flat and calm voice, "Yeah, uh, I'm here at Dragstrip Road and Highway 242 and...my house is gone." Turns out the guy's manufactured home had taken a direct hit from an EF2 and was over in the next field. So greetings from 4-land, and thank you all SO MUCH for what you do. 73 de KS4RY
This is fantastic as a learning tool for those new to spotting and the HAM interactions! I'm in MN and am A SkyWarn spotter... I was an EMT-B first but always had an interest in severe weather... I became very serious about getting into spotting when my restaurant was redecorated by sister tornadoes in 2010.. 3 sirens failed that night including mine but because of my weather interest I knew we were in trouble... Ty for posting these... It's great behind the scenes for people to know how the warnings can get out ASAP and to appreciate that there's no replacement for ground truth! *Hugs* to all spotters! =)
This is KC9ZSC~ i was stationed in Marengo monitoring this net. Most of my reports from Huntley and Marengo get relayed though this net. Again Thank for for everything you do Northern IL Skywarn. I will be taking my General licence this spring. I looks toward to this as well taking my EMT-B licence. to further help out with local Skywarn nets and Emergency communication and EMG medical needs for severe weather events~ KC9ZSC 73s and Clear~~
I'm very impressed with the level of competence, professionalism, and services rendered to the public by the Skywarn amateur radio operators. Nice work, groups! W9SPY
Incredible to think that the guy that uploaded this is now livestreaming himself chasing storms. Pretty cool stuff.
As terrible as this situation happened to be, you did a fantastic job as net control.
Enjoy listening to these at work. I'm from s.e. Michigan and don't really see to many but Im also a spotter for my area only have seen one so far while being a spotter. Keep them coming enjoy these like I said. 73 De KD8AAK 👋🏻
Great job! The only thing that could make it better is a volume boost on remix for the far-away radios. The difference in volume is very great, so turning up the volume on the listener's end to hear the remote radios, leads to hearing damage when local radio replies/ comes back on. Thanks for keeping us safe!
This is awesome! Thanks for posting this! I think it would be awesome if you did the entire day instead of cutting around! But still very cool! Hopefully we will get more ones in the future!
Turned out to be too long. The only thing cut out is dead air. If I ever get the time, I'll put a mp3 file up somewhere that's unedited.
Vince Waelti thank you!! If you ever do let me know! I'll for sure download and listen!
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting to listen to what was happening that day in the Rockford and surrounding area. Everyone in N IL Skywarn did a nice job, certainly.
I help out with both Kane Co ARES and Naperville EMA. I was out as one of the spotters deployed by Naperville that afternoon keeping watch from on top one of the Edward Hospital parking garages. We were just heartsick when we heard of the tornado reports over the ham radio. I could see the parent storm from my location and watched it as it headed into McHenry Co and beyond that evening.
Interesting that you could talk with Phil at WX9LOT at first, and then the signal got too bad to reach. I wonder how much the stormy weather was a part of the interference (I help at WX9LOT as well). Must have been pretty stressful for the NC, but he did a great job handling the traffic. I'm assuming W9PAT turned out to be ok.
Hope you don't have to run a net like this for a very long time. :)
Vince you did a great job.
Fantastic work.
Wow! Great job. Very busy night.
Would you mind if I sync this audio with doppler radar images?
so that's what I sound like on the radio..
You guys did a great job.
KD9DBQ I run wx nets in Peoria co. This is excellent work. I hope this is how I sound. This day was my 1st as part of the Peoria Co ARES team. I was on a rotating funnel here locally. I made the persistent rotation report and 30 seconds later the sirens sounded . Made me realize how sure you have to be of a report. Never touched down.
@@robherrin8021 I was the one calling in the tornado. It was a satellite tornado of the main F4 (weakening at that point)
Howdy! First off, wonderful job as net control. I’ve been using your videos to study on my own. Which brings me to my question: what are some tips at becoming a good NCS? I don’t have the time to go through the FEMA emcomm courses but very much would like to volunteer as a NCS during severe weather. Thanks! -KD9LAC
Nice job. I was on our local net in Iowa (Clinton co. Iowa) on this day. We had confirmed tornadoes. KD0ZTK
i am only 20 minutes south of there thank you for all skywarn does
SKIPPY wow, 5 years ago I made that comment.. I now live near St. Louis lol.’
That said, I’m assuming Camanche, Follets, McCausland, maybe even Princeton?
If I buy a pager am I able to get the pages for activations and such?
One question what does Condition Black mean in your protocol? Great net control and delegating what is the main reports you are looking for. Do you have a decent group of spotters? Thanks for the video!
I wish we had such a well organized net where I live. The guys here just kinda fly by the seat of their pants and 99% of the people on the net are at home. I can't remember the last time I heard a mobile unit in an active net even during our most recent tornado warnings.
What system is that you're using to call out the warnings like that?
0:27 (Just a replay button for the Morse code sound.)
how do you record these?
Broadcastify.com streams and records. Then downloaded.
THOSE REPEATERS ARE SO DAMN ANNOYING.
Dunno why you're shouting, plus on the 10 meter band, 2, 440, etc...they're needed because UHF/VHF signals don't carry as far with the ERP limits.