Areas & Frequencies

To help organize SKYWARN members, the Wakefield SKYWARN Amateur Radio Support Team has established nine operational areas across the County Warning Area. You can retrieve frequency and Leadership Team contact information using the links below.

The area boundaries should be more important to us than they are to you as a Spotter. You do not need to call reports in to a specific SKYWARN net. Use whatever SKYWARN net you can reach to call in your report, even if it's a neighboring NWS office. Your report will get where it needs to go!

To view SKYWARN frequencies for any area, click on the area number/name in the list below.

SKYWARN Maps

We offer online maps of current SKYWARN area boundaries and official SKYWARN repeaters within our CWA.

Individual area maps/files are available by viewing an area's page in the list above.

View our online map or download a KML file for offline viewing

Recommended Frequencies for Storm Chasers

Storm chasing teams are discouraged from placing routine chase coordination traffic and related discussion on SKYWARN repeaters. Recommended common frequencies for all chase teams operating in the Wakefield CWA can now be found on our ICS205 Comm Plan and are as follows:

Channel Name  Frequency     Mode       Tone      Description
------------- ------------- ---------- --------- --------------------
Chase 1       146.5500 MHz  WFM        CSQ       Nationwide Primary
Chase 2       146.4600 MHz  WFM        CSQ       Nationwide Alternate
Chase 3       446.1000 MHz  WFM        CSQ       Nationwide UHF
Chase 4       147.5100 MHz  WFM        DPL 255   Local/TAC 1
Chase 5       147.5850 MHz  WFM        DPL 255   Local/TAC 2
Digital 1     441.0375 MHz  D-Star DV  n/a       DSTAR simplex
Digital 2     441.0625 MHz  DMR        CC1/TS1   DMR simplex, TG# 99

Additional channels for GMRS users:
Channel Name  Frequency     Mode       Tone      Description
------------- ------------- ---------- --------- --------------------
Chase 10      462.5500 MHz  WFM        PL 127.3  GMRS Primary
Chase 11      462.7000 MHz  WFM        PL 156.7  GMRS Alternate

These frequencies are recommended common frequencies for use by SKYWARN-affiliated storm chasers operating in the Wakefield CWA. Individual spotters and chase teams are welcome to designate their own additional standard frequencies, but all chasers are encouraged to have these frequencies, when compatible, programmed into their radios. These frequencies are not monitored in any official capacity by any SKYWARN Net Control Operators, the SKYWARN Radio Desk, or NWS personnel.

ICS205 Communications Plans

Each SKYWARN area has a separate ICS205 Communications Plan. The latest ICS205 for each area can be viewed here.