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"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", according to 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 communication between mobile spotters and the local NWS office which provides vital ground truth information. Spotter reports of hail size, wind damage 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 NWS 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. |
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Welcome to the MERCER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. Based in Aledo, Illinois. We invite you to share your ideas. Contact us for more information.
SPECIALTIES: General interest, contest, repeater, public service/communications, VHF/UHF
SERVICES: Help for newcomers & others wishing to work with Amateur Radio Equipment.
ADDRESS: Mercer County Amateur Radio Emergency Comms 801N.W.9th Avenue Aledo, Illinois 61231
CONTACT: Keith Clark KC9HDD Phone: 309-582-7132 (D) 309-582-7132 (N)
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