‰ NOW 40 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2006 QST PAGES 66 AND 92 ‰ NOMINATION. THESE STATEMENTS MAY BE FROM AN OFFICIAL OF A GROUP FOR EXAMPLE, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE SALVATION ARMY, A LOCAL OR STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL THAT BENEFITED FROM THE NOMINEES PARTICULAR AMATEUR RADIO CONTRIBUTION. NOMINATIONS ‰ FROM PAGE 92 ‰ Boomer Contest Club K5PX 1418 2 5 6,010 OK W8TM 517 5 1 5,420 OH W9TS 417 5 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE SPOTTERS AND THE LOCAL NWS OFFICE WHICH PROVIDES VITAL GROUND TRUTH INFORMATION. SPOTTER REPORTS OF HAIL SIZE, WIND AMAGE AND SURFACE BASED ROTATION IN REAL TIME GREATLY ASSISTS THE RADAR WARNING OPERATOR, SINCE THAT INFORMATION CAN BE CORRELATED WITH DOPPLER RADAR DISPLAYS. THE RESULT CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM A MORE STRONGLY WORDED STATEMENT TO CONVEY A GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY, OR THE ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WARNING A FEW MINUTES EARLIER THAN WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. WHILE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES UTILIZE THE REAL TIME REPORTING OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS TO ASSIST IN WARNING OPERATIONS, HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS HAVE SHOWN US THAT HAM RADIO OPERATORS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE RECOVERY PHASE OF NATURAL DISASTERS. THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES WHERE HAM RADIO WORKED IN TANDEM WITH MORE CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO RELAY EMERGENCY TRAFFIC. DETAILS OF THE EVENT SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 2, 2006, FROM 0000 TO 2400 ‰ FROM PAGE 92 ‰ Nashville RATS W4PQP 264 2 22 826 TN Scioto Valley ARC W8BAP 219 2 14 638 OH K7DPS 255 2 7 560 AZ East Coast DX Assn K2VK 178 2 4 464 NNJ VE3NSR/VE2 ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ PUBLIC SERVICE SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY IS DECEMBER 2 UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, SKYWARN IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WITH MORE THAN 230,000 TRAINED SERVICE WEATHER SPOTTERS. THE EIGHTH ANNUAL SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY SRD SPECIAL EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2006. SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY IS AN EVENT CO SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE, AND IT IS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU TO AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO HELPING KEEP THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFE. DURING THE 24 HOUR SPECIAL EVENT, AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WILL VISIT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS OFFICE, SET UP AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS, AND WORK AS A TEAM TO CONTACT OTHER HAMS ACROSS THE WORLD. HAM RADIO OPERATORS VOLUNTEERING AS STORM SPOTTERS ARE AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE ASSET TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS SINCE THEY ARE CROSS TRAINED IN BOTH COMMUNICATIONS AND SEVERE STORM RECOGNITION, SAYS SCOTT MENTZER, N0QE, ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT AND METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE AT THE NWS OFFICE IN GOODLAND, KANSAS. IN TYPICAL WARNING OPERATIONS, IT IS THE DIRECT ‰ FROM PAGE 92 ‰ Findlay RC W8FT 155 2 20 616 OH CT RI Contest Group W1R 239 2 2 562 CT W7JQ 187 2 8 374 WWA Moultrie AR Klub W9BIL 91 2 7 360 IL K1NT 86 2 2 298 IN KI4JQB 16 2 3 152 VA 3D AF4NP 1427 2 12 2,904 AL K6VBC 440 2 8 1,404 SB ‰ END OF 40 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ