The SKYWARN program is a loosely organized nationwide group of volunteers who are trained to recognize and report severe weather events to the National Weather Service with the goal of saving lives by improving warning accuracy. Since the 1970’s, ordinary citizens across the country have given their time and skills to the SKYWARN program, and amateur (“ham”) radio has played an important role in the collection of these reports.

In some areas, SKYWARN programs are organized by local emergency management teams or community groups. In other areas, ham radio clubs provide all SKYWARN training and services.

Locally, the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (Greer, SC) administers the SKYWARN program throughout the KGSP County Warning Area (CWA) which includes 46 counties and independent cities in Piedmont of North Carolina, Western North Carolina, Northeast Georgia, and Upstate South Carolina.

Basic SKYWARN Spotter classes are held throughout the County Warning Area each year, mostly in the first half of the year, and a limited number of Advanced SKYWARN Spotter classes are held in major cities a few times a year.

GSP Regional SKYWARN was founded in March 2010 and provides communications support and additional community outreach services for the SKYWARN program. The team consists of specially trained, FCC-licensed amateur radio operators (“hams”) who operate on-air communication networks to collect and relay reports and requests for information between the Forecast Office and the amateur radio community. The team is operational in most of 46 counties and cities in the GSP CWA, an area covering over 3.6 million residents, and is guided by its Mission and Values.

All licensed amateur radio operators are encouraged to check in to our nets and call in reports of severe weather events as they happen. Interested in becoming a licensed ham? Contact us for information on how you can get started.

Please use the following repeaters in the Upstate of South Carolina.

South Carolina Upstate 

SKYWARN

NET every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30pm, 1930 hrs

EchoLink, K9OH-R Caesars Head, Greenville SC

Rx 145.135 DCS 311 – Greenville, SC – Primary K9OH

146.610 CSQ – Greenville, SC – Secondary – W4NYK

146.820 CSQ – Greenville, SC – Tertiary – W4NYK

In the Charlotte, NC Area

145.230 PL 118.8 – Charlotte, NC – Primary – W4BFB

Warns

Wide Area Repeater Network System

Call Sign          Frequency           Offset MHZ         Duplex          Tone             Location                     City                  State       24/7              NET                   NET                  WX Alerts    

K4WD                145.290                   0.6                       Neg           162.2        LONG MT               MT REST          SC          NO          KTARC           UCARS               YES

KJ4YLP              147.030                  0.6                       Neg           123           LONG MT               MT REST          SC         YES          KTARC          UCARS                YES

WX4PG              147.195                  0.6                         Pos           141.3        GLASSY MT           PICKENS          SC           NO          PCCG            PCCG                 YES

KJ4VLT               443.775                  5                           Pos           127.3         HONEA PATH        ANDERSON      SC         YES          KTARC           UCARS               YES

N4ARP               442.825                   5                          Pos            127.3    ANMED HOSPITAL    ANDERSON      SC         YES          KTARC          UCARS                YES

N4AW                146.970                   0.6                        Neg           127.3   ANMED HOSPITAL     ANDERSON      SC         YES          KTARC          UCARS                YES

N4LRD               442.775                   5                          Pos            127.3        LONG MT              MT REST           SC         YES          KTATC           UCARS                YES

KI4CCZ              145.210                  0.6                        Neg           118.8        ELBERTON            ELBERTON       GA           NO          KTARC          UCARS                YES

KN4SWB            444.350                   5                         Pos            127.3      GLASSY MT            PICKENS           SC          YES         KTARC          UCARS                YES

WB4LZT             927.5125               25                         Neg           100           GLASSY MT          PICKENS           SC           YES         KTARC          UCARS                YES

KI4CCZ              444.700                   5                         Pos            118.8       ELBERTON            ELBERTON       GA            YES        KTARC           UCARS               YES

KJ4YLO             443.700                   5                         Pos              91.5   STUMPHOUSE MT.   WALHALLA        SC            YES        KTARC           UCARS              YES

K9OH                145.470                  0.6                       Neg              91.5    CAESARS HEAD MT.  CLEVELAND   SC             No         GSP REGIONAL SKYWARN    YES

WR4XM             224.140                 1.6                        Neg            131.8   CAESARS HEAD MT.  Pickens            SC            YES       KTARC             UCARS             YES

WB4LZT             224.320                1.6                        Neg            131.8   SASSAFRAS MTN.     Pickens             SC            YES       KTARC             UCARS             YES

Our SKYWARN Team

Guest Speaker

08-17-2024

We are going to have a guest speaker from the 

NWS ( National Weather Service ) in 

Addition to a presentation there will be 

SkyWarn training and a 

certification test given

at our next meeting. 

Please try to attend this meeting. 

Should be very informative meeting.