[MRCA] Suggestion for Gilbert

Sun Sep 2 22:55:20 EDT 2012

Al:

     OK, I'll bite.  Henceforth I shall be known as "Joplin Blend 6."  It's 
the callsign I was given by Army ROTC Rangers when I ran flightline comms in 
CAP in college when our squadron helped PANG land a stick of ten Huey's in 
the athletic fields.  (We even had the local FD and their foam truck on site 
just in case.)  The rangers were going to fly out to IGMR and return that 
evening.  Several of us used PRC-25's (it was 1972 so the -77's weren't 
invented yet) to communicate around the flightline; I got to talk to the 
PANG flight leader on a separate push.  Kewl!  H-250's in either hand.

Breck:

     He asked me to pop smoke for him, so I called another Joplin Blend 
station who was on the flightline to toss a smoke grenade ROTC gave us.  It 
was GREEN smoke against a GREEN football field.  The helo pilot was not 
amused.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
P.S.  We use tactical callsigns all the time when we run RACES public 
service events here in Rockville, MD.  "NET this is WATER STOP 1. OVER."  We 
just sign our FCC callsigns when we're finished with the exchange.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Klase" <ark at ar88.net>
To: <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MRCA] Suggestion for Gilbert

> Lou,
>
> I think this is an excellent idea.  LET'S DO IT!
>
> As Jeep points out, this is perfectly legitimate.  The Amateur Radio
> Emergency Service (ARES) does this as SOP:
> http://www.ares.kewlwebs.com/Use%20of%20Tactical%20Callsigns%20in%20ARES.pdf
>
> The basic requirement is that you use your FCC callsign at the "end of
> an exchange" or every ten minutes in the Old Buzzard case.
> Some food for thought here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callsign#Military_call_signs
>
> I think for our purposes, we should each choose a "permanent" "aviator
> callsign" that we like.  Hell, K4CHE has been Zorro for nearly half a
> century.  Just the ending of you FCC call sign in phonetics might do the
> trick,  e.g. "OSCAR DELTA."
>
> I'd considered instituting tactical callsigns wen we set up the Moose &
> Squirrel, but felt like we were breaking enough new ground already.  The
> segment of the ham community that believes that USB is illegal on 40
> meters would have been outraged.  Well if they can't take a joke.....
>
> I'd welcome some guidance for people who actually did tactical radio in
> the military.  I was a REMF.
>
> If you guys send me your preferred callsigns, I'll prepare a list for
> Gilbert.
>
> 73,
> FEARLESS LEADER
>
>
> On 9/2/2012 3:21 PM, Lou Ribble wrote:
>> Al&  Dale&  Others,
>>
>>        As an old MRCA member, I have a suggestion to make our field 
>> exercises
>> a little more authentic and add to the fun aspect of the operation. I 
>> think
>> we could assign tactical call-signs to the units "On Patrol".
>> The FCC call signs would of course be used in conjunction with these
>> tactical call-signs. That way each unit would know where the others are
>> located. It is possible I have too much time on my hands but I am putting 
>> it
>> out there for comment. What say you guys&  gals?
>>
>> Lou-N3OD
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>> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:20:21 -0400
>> From: "Gene Smar"<ersmar at verizon.net>
>> Subject: [MRCA] MRCA link on SNJ Section Web Site
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>> Gents:
>>
>>       K2GW was kind enough to arrange to have his Section post a note 
>> about
>> the MRCA/Red Ball meet at Gilbert.
>> http://www.arrl.org/sections/view/southern-new-jersey . Keep your ears 
>> open
>> for "foreign" callsigns during our fieldexes.
>>
>>
>> 73 de
>> Gene Smar  AD3F
>>
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>> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:24:45 -0700
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>> Subject: [MRCA] MRCG Summer Field Day -- UPDATED
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>> ALL,
>>
>> Updated version of our Aug 11 event see:
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7-5ndedc8o
>>   >
>>
>> Dennis D.  W7QHO
>> Glendale, CA
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