This week we had a tornado siren go off in Appleton and there were sightings of spin-ups in several counties near us. During this time I had a chance to listen to SkyWarn operations. I heard some wonderful work. Very valuable work. But I also heard some very bad work. One thing you are taught in emergency communications classes is that if you don’t have something that IS an emergency message - SHUT UP! I heard a number of people calling net control and spending valuable air time saying things like, “I have a good view of the horizon and there’s nothing to report from here!”.

Maybe it’s just me - but I don’t see the need to report - that there is nothing to report…

If you haven’t been trainend in emergency communications, I suggest the ARRL training courses. They are pretty good. I think they are well worth the time.

73’s!

Jon Kreski, AB9NN www.HamRadioResources.com