SN report question

[Connor Keef]

Norman WFO also has a website with the link repeaters to their office. Here is the link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=amateurradio. The Tulsa office uses the W5IAS UHF Link System. Here is a link: http://www.w5ias.com

 

[Jason Young]

No....they will usually use linked repeaters. For example, the Ft Worth office will use a repeater in Gainsville that is on a 2,000 foot tower for work between Dallas and the Red River (Oklahoma border). I can roam for 90 miles in any direction of that tower. If I get on a fringe and am about to go out of its range, I just ask what frequency I should move to, and they help me figure out what linked repeater I am moving into range of.

The Norman OK office was coming to me on a repeater in the Arbuckle mountains, near Davis/Sulphur.

There is a placefile for GRLevel3 that shows all the Skywarn repeaters, and I also have a repeater directory in the truck. However, to be honest, they are out of date as soon as they are put up, so you usually have to ask a local person you find by scanning the band.

If you was using 147.150 , yes we was linked on the 19th to OUN via the Ceril Repeater . Are repeater is on the Arbuckle Mountain's and on a good day you can hit Purcell from Ardmore . Thank's for your help that night.

 

[J Tyler]

Well, Jason, you are very welcome. You guys run a VERY professional net up there, and everyone made my wife (also a lisenced ham & SKYWARN) and I feel very welcome. Great group of guys.

Connor, thank you for posting those links to the repeater lists. HUGE help. I really like the map the Norman office used, because it SHOWS me where all the repeaters are instead of me having to figure out from a list of city names which repeater I should use. When mobile, and in a new area, I don't know where these cities are located, etc.

 

[Steev Grayson]

Southwest Oklahoma Link System

If you was using 147.150 , yes we was linked on the 19th to OUN via the Ceril Repeater . Are repeater is on the Arbuckle Mountain's and on a good day you can hit Purcell from Ardmore . Thank's for your help that night.

The Southwest Independant Repeater Association provides a continuous linked repeater system across Southwest Oklahoma. One of those repeaters is on the Arbuckle Mtns near Davis (147.075 PL 123.0).

The SWIRALink system is a Liaison Net. Local nets are used by local spotters and groups, and the information is then relayed to Norman WFO by this SWIRALink Liaison Net. For repeater locations and frequencies of this linked system visit www.swiralink.com The Net Contol is usually KB5LLI Terry.

Steve Grayson
KE5BPL
Altus Skywarn/SWIRA Link

 

[J Tyler]

This thread has really turned into a great resource for anyone wishing to use amature radio for spotting in Oklahoma! I am sure others will value this information. Steve, thank you for bringing the info on swiralink. This is the repeater system the Norman office has on their web site. I have now programmed it into my radio.