[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] REMINDER: Radio Amateurs to Participate in MARS Interoperability Exercise in May

[Don (KI4D)]

Following up on comments during the weekly net, this note is a reminder of
the MARS HF skills exercise running from Monday night, May 2 through
Saturday, May 7, 2022 to practice interoperability with the amateur radio
community.  For those who have a 60 meter antenna capability, this is a good
opportunity to activate it.  See attachment.

 

73

Don, KI4D

 

 

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Subject: ARLB015 Radio Amateurs to Participate in MARS Interoperability
Exercise in May

 

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ARLB015 Radio Amateurs to Participate in MARS Interoperability Exercise in
May

 

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ARRL Bulletin 15  ARLB015

>From ARRL Headquarters

Newington CT  May 2, 2022

To all radio amateurs 

 

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ARLB015 Radio Amateurs to Participate in MARS Interoperability Exercise in
May

 

Members of the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will conduct an HF
skills exercise from Monday night, May 2 through Saturday, May 7, 2022 to
practice interoperability with the amateur radio community.

 

A 60-meter high-power broadcast will begin on May 3 at 0200 UTC followed by
the FEMA region net. That will continue four more nights at 0200 UTC with
the region net. At 1200 local each day (May 3 - 7; Eastern, Central,
Mountain, and Pacific) the net will be called by region. See the AUXCOMM
chart in PDF format available at, //arrl.org/ .

 

MARS members will be reaching out to the amateur radio community via the
60-meters Channel 1 Net (5330.5 kHz). These are directed nets.

The nets will be run by region. These are not typical "everyone check into
the net" operations. Amateur operators who participate should listen first.
Net control will ask for stations meeting specific criteria to check in,
e.g., stations in a particular geographic area. Only stations that meet the
criteria should check into the net.

 

In addition to 60 meters, MARS stations will also reach out on amateur
frequencies such as 80-meter traffic nets and other bands they may be able
to reach.

NNNN

/EX

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