Is East Tennessee SKYWARN a club or group?
NO. We are not affiliated with any emergency service (other than the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, or ARES) or club organization. This was determined by those who call these nets for several reasons. Among those is the fact that severe weather in East Tennessee affects many counties, jurisdictions, and locations that clubs or organizations have no control over. East Tennessee SKYWARN serves several counties in the National Weather Service’s County Warning Area, or CWA. We have access to several wide-area repeaters who’s owners or trustees have graciously permitted us to use in times of emergencies. While we abide by the requests of the repeater owners and trustees, we do not have any official sanctioning body presiding over us. We feel this is the best method so that there is no feelings of favoring one group over another, or harboring of any ill-will towards one another. Basically we have eliminated the possibility of politics and control tactics to be enabled. We welcome all amate
