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ALERT will be participating in SKYWARN Recognition Day this year. When: December 6, 2008 (0000 – 2400 UTC) Where: National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL Callsign: K4NWS Modes: ALERT will attempt to utilize HF (80m-10m), 6M, 2M, 70CM, D-Star if permitted, and Echolink if permitted. For more info visit http://hamradio.noaa.gov
“SKYWARNTM Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. It celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARNTM radio operators make to the National Weather Service. During the day SKYWARNTM operators visit NWS offices and contact other radio operators across the world.”
The following video is a SKYWARN Recognition Day promo using ALERT audio and created by: Kevin Pauley, KB9WVI Public Information – Bloomington Amateur Radio Club, Inc. httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bNhW2XWT9yoALERT will be participating in SKYWARN Recognition Day this year. When: December 6, 2008 (0000 – 2400 UTC) Where: National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL Callsign: K4NWS Modes: ALERT will attempt to utilize HF (80m-10m), 6M, 2M, 70CM, D-Star if permitted, and Echolink if permitted. Continue reading
The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November11th, 2008. If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference. Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate: Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083.The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November11th, 2008. If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference. Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate: Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083. Continue reading
ALERT NEWSLETTER – November 2008 Vol. 2 No. 5 Hi everybody and welcome to the November ALERT Newsletter. Ever wonder why some decisions and positions are made and who actually makes them? Well, maybe it would be helpful to describe our Totem Poles. The National Weather Service is ALERT’s served agency. ALERT must abide by the NWS rules and mandates & tries to the best of it’s abilities to fulfill the NWS’s wishes & assist in it’s mission to save lives. The NWS is mindful that we are limited in what we can do since we are a volunteer organization & that, as in my case, while I would love to “do weather” all the time, my employer might have other ideas on the matter. The NWS in Birmingham is subject to the rules and wishes of the Southern Regional Headquarters & the mandates of Washington DC. Whether they agree with a Regional or National level decision doesn’t really matter. They have to do what their “bosses” say, just as we as we have to do what our bosses say at our work. So, if the NWS inB Continue reading
The November Callout/Mailing List Test just went out. If you aren’t recieving the messages let us know at the next meeting.The November Callout/Mailing List Test just went out. If you aren’t recieving the messages let us know at the next meeting. Continue reading

ALERT / National Weather Service Birmingham Coverage Area

  • ALERT covers the BMX county warning area. Presently, this includes: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston