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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
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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
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