[HBQRP] FW: National Simplex Monitoring Team

[K0AWB]

FYI

This was forwarded to one of the e-mail lists I am on.  I don't know
anything about the organizations, but thought the concepts were interesting
- operating from "rest areas" and "monitoring 146.520" while mobile and at
home.

Darrel, K0AWB...


http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?319329-IHRAS-Launches-quot-National-Sim
plex-Monitoring-Team-quot   

Press Release: National Simplex Monitoring Team November 4th 2011 -- 

The Interstate Highway Rest Area Society (IHRAS) is launching a grass roots
effort to increase usage of simplex communications. The National Simplex
Monitoring Team was created to promote the "Active Monitoring" of 146.520
simplex. 

How many times have you driven down the road and seen another ham and wanted
to have a short QSO?
How many times have you put out your call on simplex on not received a
response?
How many times do you recall stories of the "good old days" when you could
regularly make contacts on simplex?

Well let's bring the good old days back. Please monitor 146.520 simplex
while at home or mobile. For this effort to work we will also have to use
146.520 simplex. This means throwing out your call sign once in a while
going down the road and for the rest of us it means not letting calls go
unanswered. 

The facts are that many of you use 6m FM and 10m FM simplex on a regular
basis. While this effort is promoting 146.520 we encourage the use of any
frequency or band you have access to. 

A webpage has been set up to promote the monitoring team and other
announcements/enhancements will be made in the coming days. Please help
promote this effort by republishing this announcement in your club news
letters, message boards, or email lists. 

"At home - Away from home - In town - In the country"
National Simplex Monitoring Team - 146.520

Brian K0MCM
Founding Member
Interstate Highway Rest Area Society
www.ihras.net