Indiana Amateur Radio
Emergency Service

ARES District 1
Serving Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Jasper, and Newton Counties. 

Please, join us in the monthly outside Tornado/Emergency Siren Tests supporting your respective Emergency Management Agency (EMA)
serving your community. To learn more about Skywarn, and the importance of weather spotters please click here. 

Lake County
First Saturday of the Month / N9IAA Repeater / Valpo01 Repeater
* 11:45 AM Central Time, check-in to Net
* 12:00 PM Siren Test activation
* Report to NCS:
a) location of siren (examples- Town Fire Station #X, Medical Centers, XXX Heliport, & others)
b) steady audible tone and rotation / or not heard

LaPorte County
First Saturday of the Month / K9JSI Repeater / ATT Tower Repeater
* 10:45 AM Central Time, check-in to Net
* 11:00 AM Siren Test activation
* Report to NCS:
a) location of siren (examples- City Fire Station #X, Fairgrounds, & others)
b) steady audible tone and rotation / or not heard

Porter County
First Tuesday of the Month / N9IAA Repeater / Valpo01 Repeater
* 10:45 AM Central Time, check-in to Net
* 11:00 AM Siren Test activation
* Report to NCS:
a) location of siren (examples- Township Volunteer Fire Dept. Station #X,  Schools, XXX Airport, & others)
b) steady audible tone and rotation / or not heard

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SKYWARN NET

Every Monday of the Month @8:00 PM 

Note: In October WaldoFAR ends their NET check-ins, unless a weather event arises, and resumes in early spring.

* WaldoFAR   442.375+ PL 114.8   -|-  AllStar Linked Together

* N9IAA         146.685-  PL 173.8   -|-  AllStar Linked Together

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NWS SKYWARN Storm Spotter Program

Link: https://www.weather.gov/SKYWARN

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NWS SKYWARN Programs in Your State

Link: https://www.weather.gov/skywarn/wfo_links

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NWS Forecast Offices for County Regions 

Lake, Jasper, Newton, and Porter counties get handled by Chicago NWS forecast office (LOT)
LaPorte county gets handled by the Northern Indiana NWS forecast office (IWX) 

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