[CALV-ARES] Fwd: PRGE Breakfast Deployment

[Eric H. Christensen]

-------- Original message --------
From: Jim Montgomery <wb3kas at aol.com> 
Date: 02/19/2016  10:08 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: dtwieworka at gmail.com,kb3fn10 at gmail.com,jack.gunther at comcast.net,	n3seo at aol.com,n3sb at qis.net,wa3eoq at gmail.com,	eric at christensenplace.us,donald.gerkin at gmail.com,kb3kow at yahoo.com,	k3tmv at k3ars.org,arbyone1 at gmail.com,gremhof at yahoo.com,	aj3x at arrl.net,luff.bob at gmail.com,ni2w at arrl.net,jctsby at aol.com,	k3csx at arrl.net,wb3kas at arrl.net,ljfish1 at comcast.net,wr3f at arrl.net 
Cc: kb3mxm at arrl.net,KZ3AB at arrl.net,dave.prestel at gmail.com,kspearsk2 at cs.com,	ctdorce at hotmail.com 
Subject: PRGE Breakfast Deployment 
 
GE Guyz,
 
Prince George's County ARES will be holding its annual Breakfast Deployment on March 12 mid-morning to 1300 and you all are invited to play with us.
 
It works like this:
 
Teams are made up of radio operators that meet for breakfast at their choice ~0730 on March 12.  The more teams we have the better.  At ~0900 the SEC then sends a 'deployment text command' to the team leader to deploy to their predetermined and coordinated location and set up operations.  These placed can be VFDs, churches, civic centers, any place where you can get approval to set up hf/vhf/uhf antennas and operate inside the facilities (past deployments in PRGE have been known to be a wee bit chilly in March).
 
Once set up, team leaders check in (text) to the SEC for further instructions.
 
This is a training exercise to identify strengths and weaknesses so the when the real deployment hits us, we are better prepared to handle the situation. And we have fun doing it.  I will have a plan of stimulations to do during the deployment as well as some fun things to do.  It's a little like Field Day with out the hassle of a contest forum, detailed reporting and scheduling operators.
 
PRGE will have Bunker Hill VFD in north county and the newly built Brandywine VFD on the map.  Both are confirmed to play.
 
So, if you are interested, let me know the name of the group (Club, ARES, RACES, etc), the team lead and cell number that does texting.  The Plan will go to Team Leads around March 8 for distribution.  I will put all Teams on the map so you can see who all is playing.
 
Spread the word to the ARS Clubs in your area please.
 
A quick positive response is requested.
 
tnx es 73, de
Jim
WB3KAS
PRGE ARES EC
MDC SEC
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/calv-ares/attachments/20160219/c6414323/attachment.html>