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April 20th Radio Club Meeting 7:00 PM - Presbyterian Church (across from the movie theater) Desserts-Only Pot Luck   Please consider yourselves invited to the April 20th Radio Club meeting (Tab, Polly, Jim, and Ed have ham licenses!) to meet the members of the Radio Club.  The hams will be working along side of you in an emergency, so it's a good idea for the two groups to get to know each other.  The theme of the meeting is "Know Your Radio" and should be of interest to non-ham communications volunteers learning about radios.  

May 29th - Western Washington Communications Exercise (There may be a date change, since this is a holiday weekend)   There is an ongoing series of emergency communications (or "emcomm") exercises organized from the WA state EOC (Emergency Operations Center) at Camp Murray.  This is an exercise to test communications capability around Western WA between the various EOCs - we have an EOC ham station here on Vashon at the Fire Department.  Along with the EOC-to-EOC tests, we will also be conducting a Vashon-only test involving the ham club.  I am going to add the VDPC communications volunteers to the test, alongside the hams.  This will be an opportunity to practice using radios.  You'll also learn how the hams communicate and I think it will be an excellent experience for both groups.   May 29th Exercise Notice from Ed Leavitt KA7UKN (Ed is the station manager for the Camp Murray EOC)   The RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) team at the Washington State EOC is starting a series of
EOC-to-EOC communications exercises.  Exercises will take place on a
quarterly basis on the fifth Saturday of the month (Jan 31, May 29, July
31, Oct 30, .).

The first few exercises will stress exploring voice and data connectivity
between participating EOCs.  Subsequent exercises will gradually shift
emphasis toward traffic handling.  A poll was taken of likely
participants in November.  Poll results favored Saturday exercises,
limited to two or three hours in length.

All EOCs located within or adjacent to Washington State are invited to
participate, including regional, county, city, medical, and disaster
relief agencies.    Initially the exercises will start at 9:00 AM local
time.  EOCs with HF radio capabilities should check into the WSEN net
(3.985 MHz LSB primary / 7.245 MHz LSB alternate) at the beginning of
their net.  A special call will be made for EOCs participating in the
exercise.  Following that check in, EOCs will be excused and asked to
move to 3.980 or 3.975 (depending on band usage) to begin the exercise. 

Since the majority of radio assets at Camp Murray will be changing
frequencies somewhat unpredictably to accomplish the desired checks, HF
radio will be the primary means of coordination.   EOCs that lack HF
capabilities can contact the Camp Murray exercise team telephonically
(253 512-7099) or via a 6 Meter repeater (to be announced) to coordinate
the checks.  

EOCs planning to participate are encouraged to pre register for the
exercise by filling out and submitting an informational form listing
their capabilities, and the bands and/or repeater systems they wish to
"test".  While pre registration is optional, it is highly encouraged and
will expedite entry into the exercise.

Communications modes will include HF voice & data, 6 meter voice, 2 meter
voice & data, 2 meter APRS messaging, and 220 & 440 MHz voice. 

Detailed coordinating instructions, and any updates will be posted mid
January on http://www.wastateares.org  .


For more information, feel free to contact the Camp Murray RACES station
manager email at:  KA7UKN@ARRL.NET  or tel. 253 582-5034
Alternate point of contact: n7nvp@arrl.org tel. 360-698-0917.

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