The card for the worst day.

Ham repeaters2 nearest

GMRS repeaters

None listed yet. GMRS repeaters are community-submitted - add yours at chatterback.net. Simplex channels are below.

NOAA Weather Radio

• 162.500 MHz · KXI21 · Yanktoncovers Bon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton · 1000 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.425 MHz · KXI25 · Pickstowncovers Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory · 302 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.550 MHz · KXI32 · Appletoncovers Deuel, Grant · 1000 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.450 MHz · KXI59 · Philipcovers Haakon, Jackson, Pennington (ALL), Pennington (EAST) · 1000 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.525 MHz · KXI71 · Arlingtoncovers Brookings, Clark, Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner · 1060 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.500 MHz · KZZ59 · Porcupinecovers Bennett, Jackson (S), Oglala Lakota (ALL) · 1000 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.525 MHz · KZZ60 · Reliancecovers Brule, Buffalo, Gregory, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, Tripp · 1000 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.425 MHz · WNG551 · Firesteelcovers Corson, Dewey, Ziebach · 1000 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.475 MHz · WNG557 · Faithcovers Meade (ALL), Meade (NORTH), Perkins, Ziebach · 1000 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.550 MHz · WNG558 · White Rivercovers Jones, Mellette, Todd · 1000 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.525 MHz · WNG658 · Scrantoncovers Harding, Perkins · 1000 W · NWS Bismarck
• 162.475 MHz · WNG661 · Newcastlecovers Custer, Fall River (W) · 300 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.450 MHz · WWH36 · Mitchellcovers Aurora, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Miner, Sanborn · 1010 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.550 MHz · WXK57 · Bakercovers Harding (NW) · 300 W · NWS Billings
• 162.425 MHz · WXK64 · Hot Springscovers Custer, Fall River · 300 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.525 MHz · WXL23 · Leadcovers Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Pennington (ALL), Pennington (WEST) · 300 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.475 MHz · WXL62 · Sioux Citycovers Union · 1090 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.400 MHz · WXL76 · Merrimancovers Bennett · 800 W · NWS North Platte
• 162.475 MHz · WXM25 · Aberdeencovers Brown, Clark (N 1/2), Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand (NE), Marshall, McPherson, Spink · 1000 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.400 MHz · WXM26 · Pierrecovers Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Stanley, Sully · 700 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.550 MHz · WXM27 · Wessingtoncovers Beadle, Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Sanborn, Spink (S 1/2) · 1010 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.400 MHz · WXM28 · Sioux Fallscovers Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner · 900 W · NWS Sioux Falls
• 162.500 MHz · WXM40 · Lowrycovers Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds (ALL), Faulk (ALL), McPherson (ALL), Potter, Sully (ALL), Walworth · 1000 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.425 MHz · WXM41 · South Shorecovers Codington, Grant, Roberts · 1000 W · NWS Aberdeen
• 162.550 MHz · WXM63 · Rapid Citycovers Custer, Meade (ALL), Meade (WEST), Meade (SOUTH), Pennington (ALL), Pennington (WEST), Pennington (CENTRAL), Pennington (EAST) · 1000 W · NWS Rapid City
• 162.450 MHz · WXN82 · Valentinecovers Todd, Tripp (S) · 1000 W · NWS North Platte

Calling channelswhen you don't know who's out there

• Ham 2 m simplex calling 146.520 MHz FMNational calling frequency. Make contact, then move off.
• Ham 70 cm simplex calling 446.000 MHz FMNational UHF calling frequency.
• Wilderness Protocol 146.520 · :00-:05 past the hourListen on 146.520 (and 446.000) for five minutes at 7, 10, 1, 4 and 7 local - the informal emergency-monitoring habit outside repeater coverage.
• GMRS travel / emergency channel Ch 20 · 462.675 MHz · PL 141.3The GMRS travel-and-emergency convention: monitor Ch 20 with the 141.3 "travel tone" on the road. Ch 19 (462.650) is travel chatter.
• FRS / GMRS family channel Ch 1 · 462.5625 MHzWhere bubble-pack radios default. Agree on a channel and a fallback with your family before you need it.
• Meshtastic default channel LongFast · US 915 MHzOff-grid text when everything else is down. Most public nodes carry LongFast; your local mesh may add a weather channel.
• MeshCore public channel Public · US 915 MHzRoom servers keep messages for you while your companion is off. Find your local room server on the map.

Mesh nodes nearby

• CSDM - Snake Butte Meshtastic ROUTER6 W

Nets

No nets listed for this state yet.

SKYWARN

No spotter net listed for this area yet. Report to your NWS office directly - see the NWR detail above for which office covers you.

Emergency contacts

• NWS Aberdeen (ABR) weather.gov/abr · 605-225-0519Forecast office for 28 counties in South Dakota and Minnesota. Spotter training, storm reports and the office's own SKYWARN page live here. Office: 824 391st Ave S. Aberdeen SD 57401-9311.
• NWS Rapid City (UNR) https://weather.gov/unr · 605-341-9271Forecast office for 19 counties in South Dakota and Wyoming. Spotter training, storm reports and the office's own SKYWARN page live here. Office: 300 East Signal Drive Rapid City SD 57701-3800.
• NWS Sioux Falls (FSD) https://weather.gov/fsd · 605-330-4247Forecast office for 45 counties in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Spotter training, storm reports and the office's own SKYWARN page live here. Office: 26 Weather Lane Sioux Falls SD 57104-0198.
• Life-safety emergency 911Radio is never a substitute for 911 when someone is in danger.
• mPING app · mping.nssl.noaa.govAnyone can report precipitation type, hail, wind damage or flooding straight to NOAA - no training needed, anonymous.
• Wireless Emergency Alerts your phone · Settings → NotificationsKeep Tornado and Flash Flood WEA alerts on. ChatterBack emails are a supplement, not a replacement.