[CTSARA] CT ARES Annual Simulated Emergency Test Sat Nov 14

[Jon Perelstein]

On the weekend of November 14th, CT ARES will be conducting its annual
Simulated Emergency Test (SET).  The actual test runs from noon Friday
 until noon Sunday. We expect most of us in Region One will participate on
Saturday the 14th.  The SET is a nationwide exercise organized by the ARRL
field organization.

The overall purpose is to test our capabilities to provide statewide
communications
to our served agencies, including the American Red Cross, local
municipalities and the CT Division of Emergency Management and Homeland
Security (DEHMS).

Here are the official objectives that the SET team developed. We will attempt
to participate in as many as we can, depending on turnout.

(1) Establish emergency communications (both voice and data) within and between
the five CT ARES® Regions – to include fixed, mobile, and field-deployed
stations.

(2) Encourage the use of emergency power (battery, generator, solar,
and/or mobile)
by all stations during the exercise.

(3) Maximize the number of amateur radio participants – the five
Regional District
Emergency Coordinators (DECs) will establish Resource Nets and Tactical
Nets as needed and will coordinate exercise play within their respective
areas.

(4) Utilize National Traffic System (NTS) format for all record message
traffic.

(5) Coordinate and integrate interplay between ARES®, NTS, and SKYWARN™
components.

(6) Incorporate appropriate elements of NIMS/ICS to the degree possible.

We do not know the exact scenario or script that will be played out. The goal
this year is to get AS MANY amateurs as possible to participate. Even if
this means you only check into a net once, you are helping!  We always see
patches and bumper stickers saying “When all else fails….”, but for that to
work you have to practice and participate! You don’t have to be an expert,
you don’t have to have any special ARES training and you don’t even have to
be an ARES member! Just pick up the microphone and have some fun practicing.

Please reply to me and let me know what times you would be able to be “on the
radio”.

Thank you for participating in the important exercise and making
Region One look
good!

73
Jon, WB2RYV

P.S.  For those asking, the statewide HF frequencies are 3.965 MHz and
7.280 MHz, or as close as possible to those frequencies.