[HBQRP] FW: National Simplex Monitoring Team

[Steve Sellmeyer]

Thanks for the info ! Perfect timing for me as wife and I are headed for 
Branson this weekend to visit her brother and wife. I shall toss in my 
handheld and mag mount and give the 146.52 frequency a try. I've heard of 
this being done before in national parks for hikers and climbers but this is 
the first I've heard about the rest area/intersate system.

Steve/WB0QQT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K0AWB" <K0AWB at cox.net>
To: <hbqrp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:37 PM
Subject: [HBQRP] FW: National Simplex Monitoring Team


> 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
>
>
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