PROCEDURES FOR CALLING INTO A SKYWARN NET

When the Net Control Station (NCS) calls on stations to check in, Please follow the following guidelines:

Identify yourself with your callsign, name and current location. 

Allow the NCS to greet all the stations. 

The NCS will then go down the list, taking the information from each station.

WE WANT YOUR OBSERVATIONS!

• WHAT was observed
• WHEN it was observed
• WHERE it was observed
• Include direction & distance from a known location
• When calling from your town. Please specify if in Ma. or Ct.
• Don't relay reports that you here on repeaters in other coverage areas, UNLESS the NCS has asked YOU to do so.
• Don’t relay information from the WEATHER CHANNEL
• If you relay information you here on a scanner, let the NCS know this second hand information from a Public Service agency.

After the storm has passed your location. DO NOT tell net control the storm has passed. Please stay off the air so that reports east of you can be taken. We don't need a summary of what has already happened.

Please remember your safety during severe weather!

Thank you,                                                                                                                              

      Eric, N1QKO

     ASST. SKYWARN COORDINATOR for W.MA.