Storm Coordination Message #2A – Amateur Radio Net Schedule for Coastal Storm Focused in Western Massachusetts

Hello to all…

..Amateur Radio Net Schedule Information for SKYWARN Self-Activation for the Winter Storm Affecting the Region. Amateur Radio formal call-up nets will be focused in the Winter Storm Warning area. Pictures and videos of storm damage are always helpful and shared with various groups and can be sent as a reply to this message, via our WX1BOX Facebook/Twitter feeds or to the email address pics@nsradio.org. This will be the last coordination message for this storm event unless a significant change to the situation occurs and time allows for an update..

Formal Amateur Radio Nets:
146.940-Mount Tom Repeater – Starting at 800 AM Friday with reporting every two hours through Friday Evening – We ask that Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters in the higher elevations of the hill towns of Western and Northern Massachusetts check into the periodic nets. The 146.910-Mount Greylock Repeater will also be checked after call up nets on the Mount Tom Repeater.

-Other Amateur Radio repeaters will be monitored with call-up nets as needed in the Winter Weather Advisory area of Eastern Franklin and Northern Worcester County as well as the extreme Northwest Hartford County Connecticut area of the Hartland, CT area. This includes the Route 2 corridor of repeaters accessible via Echolink/IRLP and the 146.790-Vernon CT Repeater PL. 82.5 Hz for the Hartland CT area and the 146.970-Paxton Repeater PL: 114.8.
-Amateur Radio repeaters in the Wind Advisory area will be monitored as needed if wind damage reports seem to be focused on a particular area.
-The *NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference *NEW-ENG3* node: 9123/IRLP 9123 will also be monitored during this event.

Below is Storm Coordination Message #2 with all meteorological details for this coastal storm:
https://wx1box.org/2022/12/15/storm-coordination-message-2-thursday-night-12-15-22-saturday-morning-12-17-22-coastal-storm-hazards/

This will be the last coordination message for this storm event unless a significant change to the situation occurs and time allows for an update.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
https://ares.ema.arrl.org
https://www.wx1box.org