April 2015 ERC Simplex Exercise
Post date: Apr 07, 2015 3:0:51 AM
This Saturday (Apr 11), we will be hosting a series of simplex nets in the morning, in conjunction with an exercise that the
LDS Portland Region ERC group is holding.
The goals of the exercise are to get people operating, work emergency power sources (you're strongly encouraged to go off-grid for this one), to practice very basic information handling, and to test propagation between different locations on the various bands.
All radio amateurs are are invited to check in with us at these times & places:
09:05-09:14 / 146.520 MHz FM - Free for All: see who we can find on the calling channel @ 9AM on a Saturday!
09:15-09:29 / 146.490 MHz FM - MMSH local 2m net
09:30-09:59 / 432.650 MHz FM - MMSH local 70cm-low net
12:00-12:15 / 445.975 MHz FM - ERC regional 70cm net
Please note that if a net needs to run long, the next net may delayed.
Free-for-all Report Format:
Call sign, First Name, location
Local Report Format:
Call sign, First Name, location ("home" or specify other location), power source, power output in Watts, antenna description
I (and others) will be recording the signal strength / readability of each transmission.
Regional Report Format:
Stake, Ward, "Individual", First Name, Call sign or
County "County", "Individual", First Name, Call sign
You do not have to be a member of the LDS church to participate in the regional net. Many non-members actively participate in LDS EmComm with the church units whose geographical area they reside in. (The church provides a very convenient geographical organization for emergency response). Others just like to check into the net!
Listen-only Nets:
In addition to the nets listed above, you may wish to listen to other nets that will be passing aggregated information from the local nets to the region, and will not be taking time to invite check-ins from individuals.
10:25-10:45 7.178 MHz LSB
10:30-11:15 7.063 MHz THOR22
10:45-11:00 3.815 MHz LSB
11:00-11:20 7.160 MHz LSB
11:15-12:00 3.5815 MHz THOR22
11:20-11:40 3.878 MHz LSB
11:30-11:45 / 445.975 MHz FM
11:45-12:00 / 445.975 MHz FM
Please feel free to record Signal Reports on any of Saturday's nets and send them to Charles, AD7UF.
See you Saturday!
The next regional exercise will be the morning of October 10th.