[NCham] NC Section-wide SET In Progress

Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:17:32 -0500

NC Section-wide SET In Progress

The ARRL North Carolina Section is doing something unusual for the 
section-wide portion of this year's Simulated Emergency Test.

SEC David Fleming KE4JHJ set the following rules for 
participation.  Stations checking into one of the section-wide nets*, or 
participating local nets for SET credit, must meet these criterion:

1.  No commercial power - backup emergency power only.

2.  No existing antennas - only "on the spot - emergency antennas."

That includes mobiles!  VHF operation won't be that difficult - plunk a 
magnet mount antenna on your car, or a pie-pan in your shack (using 
emergency power), and you're in.  HF operation will be a little more 
effort.  String a Field Day dipole, connect an unused HF mobile antenna - 
whatever it takes.

The exercise runs from November 18 through November 25, so it's in progress 
now.  Many Triangle area VHF-FM nets are reporting SET participation during 
this period.  Ask your net control if the net is reporting.

North Carolina has "won" the SET for the past couple of years.  This plan 
is not about winning or generating a high score.  It is obviously about 
getting hams to have viable emergency stations ready to deploy when and 
where needed.

Questions or comments? Send email to John Guerriero KG4HDT at:

              [email protected]

or call him at 919 605 0629.

73,
Gary KN4AQ
NC Section PIC

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*NC Section Nets (all times are local):

Tarheel Emergency Net (ARES/RACES):
     1130 M-F   7232 kHz
     1930 daily 3923 kHz

North Carolina Morning Net (NTS Traffic):
     0745 daily  3927 kHz

North Carolina Evening Net (NTS Traffic):
     1830 daily  3923 kHz

Carolinas Slow Net (NTS Traffic - cw):
     2000 daily  3695 kHz

Carolinas Net - Early (NTS Traffic - cw):
     1900 daily  3573 kHz

Carolinas Net - Late (NTS Traffic - cw):
     2200 daily  3573 kHz

from http://www.ncarrl.org/nets/nc_nts_nets.html
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