Emergency Communications Training Exercise

Saturday, March 19th  from 10:30 am until 12:30 noon.

Help us check YOUR amateur radio communications equipment on VHF and UHF simplex operations before the 2022 hurricane season arrives.  The Charlotte Amateur Radio Society will hold a 2-hour VHF/UHF Simplex Emergency Communications Training Exercise on Saturday, March 19th  from 10:30 am until 12:30 noon.

The objective is to evaluate our ability to gather information from local amateur radio operators and pass the information to a local command station using JS8 Call.

Our primary goal is to test YOUR VHF and UHF voice communications on FM Simplex operating frequencies.  Can your equipment communicate with any of the portable stations? Can you contact all three portable stations?  Will your HT work or do you need to use your base rig?  Do you have mobile capabilities?

You can operate your equipment in any or all three classes of operation:

  1. BASE
  2. MOBILE 
  3. HT (Handie-Talkie)

You will send your call sign, 6 digit grid square, class and power (100 watts, 50 watts, 5 watts, etc.) by FM voice on the designated frequencies listed below. 

EXAMPLE:  KM4LKC, EL96bx, Base, 50 watts

Our portable operating stations below will confirm the receipt of your information. You can contact another portable station or you can change classes and try again.  It may be possible to make 18 contacts (9 on VHF and 9 on UHF) depending on your equipment and location.

The secondary goal is to test each portable station’s capabilities to gather information and pass digital traffic to a central command station.  Each of the portable stations will send their logged contact information to a central command station using JS8 Call on 6 meters. 

Help us check YOUR amateur radio communications equipment on VHF and UHF simplex operations before the 2022 hurricane season arrives.  The Charlotte Amateur Radio Society will hold a 2-hour VHF/UHF Simplex Emergency Communications Training Exercise on Saturday, March 19th  from 10:30 am until 12:30 noon.

The objective is to evaluate our ability to gather information from local amateur radio operators and pass the information to a local command station using JS8 Call.

Our primary goal is to test YOUR VHF and UHF voice communications on FM Simplex operating frequencies.  Can your equipment communicate with any of the portable stations? Can you contact all three portable stations?  Will your HT work or do you need to use your base rig?  Do you have mobile capabilities?

You can operate your equipment in any or all three classes of operation:

  1. BASE
  2. MOBILE 
  3. HT (Handie-Talkie)

You will send your call sign, 6 digit grid square, class and power (100 watts, 50 watts, 5 watts, etc.) by FM voice on the designated frequencies listed below. 

EXAMPLE:  KM4LKC, EL96bx, Base, 50 watts

Our portable operating stations below will confirm the receipt of your information. You can contact another portable station or you can change classes and try again.  It may be possible to make 18 contacts (9 on VHF and 9 on UHF) depending on your equipment and location.

The secondary goal is to test each portable station’s capabilities to gather information and pass digital traffic to a central command station.  Each of the portable stations will send their logged contact information to a central command station using JS8 Call on 6 meters.

Keep up with the latest information on this exercise here. 

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