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The South Alabama Radio Club maintains a great working relationship with the Covington County Emergency Management Agency. We step in to help with and provide emergency communications when the need arises. With our member volunteers, we are able to provide the Covington County Emergency Management Agency with backup communications, or if the situation calls for it, primary comms. Our station at the EOC has HF, VHF, UHF and DSTAR capabilities. Nearly all of our members are trained storm spotters and participate in the SKYWARN program, providing important weather information for the NWS Office in Mobile, AL. Both of our repeaters, WC4M in Andalusia, AL and W4WEA in Opp, AL are in secure locations with emergency power. Both are utilized for SKYWARN operations for full coverage of Covington County and parts of surrounding counties. Anytime severe weather is expected, our members are monitoring and are available when needed. During a severe weather event, our SKYWARN Net Contol station is KE4HIE-John. He has been calling our weather net for many years. We pass weather reports to the NWS Office in Mobile, AL and the Covington County EMA. Several of our members have direct access to the NWS through the NWS Weather Chat system. Many of our members have weather stations from Davis, Ambient Weather or Accurite, so conditions can be monitored and reported in real time. We encourage everyone to have at least one way to get severe weather alerts. A NOAA Weather Radio or one of the many apps available for your smart phone. We may also use our GMRS repeater to pass along severe weather information. KG4CNA Weather Station KE4HIE Weather Station Click on the links to see the current conditions at these weather stations. Our Repeaters WC4M - 147.260+ / 100 Hz Tone (analog) || W4WEA - 146.640- / 123 Hz Tone (analog/DSTAR) N4GLL Davis Weather Station N4GLL Ambient Weather Station N4VFI Weather Station KO4AIL Weather Station KG4BLR Weather Station Test Info W4WEA Weather Station N4SYB Weather Station Our GMRS Repeater 462.650+ / 100 Hz Tone (analog)