It was a hot and humid evening on Monday the 5th of August at 7pm when the Brookhaven ARES group met for their monthly meeting and SKYWARN Spotter training. The training was provided by Brian Ciemnecki, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton NY. The training was specific, extensive and is a requirement for the ARRL Level 2 ARES certification. In attendance were not only members of Brookhaven ARES but also GSBARC and Islip radio clubs. All certified SKYWARN Spotters are encouraged to check into SKYWARN nets and exercise their new observation skills!
SUFFOLK COUNTY SKYWARN TRAINING NET
When : Sunday Evenings 8:30pm to 9:30pm(UTC-04:00) America/New York
Where : W2GSB REPEATER 146.685 -600 PL 110.9 ENCODE OR 127.3 ENCODE DECODE WR2UHF_Farmingville 444.700 MHz +5 114.8 Enc/Dec Allstar 40980 D-Star DMR YSF P25 Digital callsign WD5TAR-B
A huge Thanks goes out to the NWS and Meteorologist Brian Ciemnecki for providing the training to the Brookhaven ARES group and surrounding clubs.
