NWS Chicago will be offering live webinar spotter training sessions this
spring.

The first spotter training webinar will be held on Thursday April 9th.
The plan is to hold at least one additional live webinar at a later date to be determined.

General Information: https://www.weather.gov/lot/spottertraining2020

April 9th Session Registration Link (direct link also in Tickets section):

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8900383205613779726    Follow
Instructions at this link.

McHenry County ihas established  Winlink-RMS packet gateway on 145.610 Simplex No PL.  More information on the Winlink system can be found at the link for the Live System Information. Stations, status and frequence information are all at this link.  https://winlink.org/RMSChannels. Also these test stations are on HF:

• NC9IL will now be operating Winmor P2P indefinitely on CF 3571.5 for testing purposes.
• K9LJB will now be operating ARDOP P2P indefinitely on CF 3571.5 for testing purposes.
• W9DSR will operate as an PACTOR/ARDOP/Winmor RMS on CF 3595.0 during the day, most days.

Per Frits Bock (WD9FMB): As these are testing platforms, there will be times when they will be down for maintenance, resets, or re-purposing.