[Elecraft] ECN net this Sunay VS Hurricane Frances

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

NREN has no "designated" frequencies beyond how the ECN has a "designated"
frequency. No FCC or ARRL announcement about 14,050 has been made declaring
this an emergency communications frequency that should not be used  for
normal operations.

NREN is a fairly new CW-only alternative to the common SSB and VHF emergency
nets. Here's what the ARRL had to say in their announcement: "...(NREN)Net
members have been asked to monitor 14,050 kHz and 7050 kHz for
health-and-welfare, emergency traffic and hurricane information throughout
the weekend..."

Actually NREN members very often monitor those frequencies. That's where
members call if they have traffic for any reason outside of regular net
schedules. The announcement is merely a "heads up" that there's a
better-than-normal chance that someone will have some heath and welfare
messages to handle at odd times. 

I think it's a great program. It makes use of the fact that a low-powered CW
station working on emergency power can set up and get on the air in the
middle of a disaster area to send traffic across the country more
efficiently than the complex repeater-based VHF nets or even most SSB
installations. Of course, it takes greater operator skill than talking on a
mic, but the advantages are significant if the operator is available. They
have a web site with more info at http://tinyurl.com/7x5m2.

So, it's a good idea to be courteous and avoid both 14,050 and 7,050 but
don't be surprised if you hear nothing but routine QSO's there. 

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George, W5YR
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 9:42 AM
To: dmg at bossig.com; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ECN net this Sunay VS Hurricane Frances


Didn't the FCC recently announce that no emergency -related frequencies
would be "protected" except the 60 meter channels?

73, George W5YR
Fairview, TX
w5yr at att.net
http://www.w5yr.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave G." <dmg at bossig.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] ECN net this Sunay VS Hurricane Frances


> Kevin,
>
> I thought you should know-----
>
> The Hurricane Francis NREN (National Radio Emergency Network) CW net 
> has been activated and has been designated to use 14.050
> Mhz   !!
> The Hurricane net itself is on 14.325 USB.
> The SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) is on 14.265 
> Mhz USB.
>
> You might want to re-think the ecn CW frequency for this weekend

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