From N5MNX at outlook.com Tue May 3 20:36:56 2022 From: N5MNX at outlook.com (JJ Knight) Date: Wed, 4 May 2022 00:36:56 +0000 Subject: [PBARC] PBARC CLUB NET REPORT Message-ID: JJ KNIGHT N5MNX at OUTLOOK.COM PBARC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PBARC NET REPORT 20220503 BY N5MNX.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 13009 bytes Desc: PBARC NET REPORT 20220503 BY N5MNX.docx URL: From N5PNZ at hotmail.com Thu May 5 08:59:18 2022 From: N5PNZ at hotmail.com (David Gordon) Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 12:59:18 +0000 Subject: [PBARC] Moving 440 repeater. Message-ID: All in all , If coverage is not diminished I say move it. Of course we won?t know for sure til it is moved. I?m sure some of the null spots will change. With the improved access for maintaining it would be better. 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Name: PBARC NET REPORT 20220517 BY N5MNX.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 13199 bytes Desc: PBARC NET REPORT 20220517 BY N5MNX.docx URL: From glenn at arwolfpack.com Wed May 18 21:37:15 2022 From: glenn at arwolfpack.com (Glenn) Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 20:37:15 -0500 Subject: [PBARC] Fwd: Exercise Exercise Exercise In-Reply-To: <1794046816.147121.1652923515252@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1794046816.147121.1652923515252.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1794046816.147121.1652923515252@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: FYI if you are setup to use WinLink. Glenn > PLEASE SEND TO ALL ARKANSAS ARES/SHARES MEMBERSHIP, ANYONE WORKING WITH WINLINK > > All,Below are the Winlink instructions for the?FEMA RECCWG Region 4 & Region?6 May 31-June 1?Communications Outage Exercise. In addition to Winlink (SHARES and amateur radio) providing a Field Situation Report with ?ground Truth? information over VHF/UHF/HF radio or Telnet, FYI, the following will also be exercised by the various States in these two Regions with FEMA:??FNARS (FEMA National Emergency Radio System), NAWAS (National Warning System), MSAT G2 (Multi-State Satellite talk groups), Multi-State linking of P25 Trunking Networks. > ?The Task for Winlink is directed and simple:Below is the starting scenario for this?May 31- June 1?exercise.??The cities circled on the attached map will have a ?communications outage.? However,?they will need ?ground truth? information from everywhere within these two FEMA Regions from the users of the Winlink Radio Email Network System, regardless of location within the Regions, or the reasons for the outages.??There are two separate set of instructions for input data.??If you are NOT in these affected metropolitan areas, you may configure and report specific configuration for the?Field Situation Report per the instructions below. If you ARE located within these affected metropolitan areas, you are to report your outages on the Field Situation Report per the instructions below. > Cyber Attacked Cities:??Charlotte, NC?Dallas, TXMiami, FLLittle Rock, AR > > > For the Winlink portion of this FEMA R4-R6 Communications Outage Exercise, there are two groups participating:?-??CISA SHARES Winlink?from member agencies & other users within these two FEMA Regions over the DHS Winlink SHARES HF/VHF Network.-??Amateur Radio Winlink?from any source with a proper license within these two FEMA Regions sending the data over the HF/VHF/UHF Amateur Spectrum.??If you have no radio and are not within one of these affected metro areas, you may use Telnet if you wish.?For the Amateur Radio Community, I am to leave the further distribution of this information to those copied as leaders over others within their span of control. The further distribution of this instruction is a part of the exercise.? ?Please use whatever resources you have available.?Resulting data from the Winlink Field Situation Report will be accumulated and shown to the appropriate recipients as a spreadsheet item (via KML & CSV) for further use by anyone wishing to provide a dashboard, and visually to the named recipients as a mapped item in Winlink Express. The resulting list of exercise participants will be provided via a FORM 309.?Below are the instructions for participants.??-?DATE and TIME of Exercise:?Tuesday evening,?May 31st, from 6:00 PM EDT until 4:00 PM EDT?Wednesday?afternoon, June 1st.?-?Please, no telnet from areas where communications outage problems are shown to exist?(Charlotte, Dallas, Miami, Little Rock).-?Message to send: Winlink standard Template,?Field Situation Report- Please avoid requesting acknowledgement requests, either manually or automatically.?How to fill out the?Field Situation Report:1.?Open Winlink Express (insure you have a most recent version, ie. 1.6.4 or higher, Template Version 1.0.193.0 or higher.) *2. Open?"New Message"?form. (First ICON in menu).3. On New Message Form, look for??Select Template??menu.??Choose??Select Template.?4. Double click on?"Standard Templates"5. Choose?"Mapping GIS Forms."6. Choose??Field Situation Report.txt???7.?Your browser should open with the HTML Form.8.??If you are NOT in one of the AFFECTED areas, fill out the form per info below:?? ? ? ? ? ?a. PRECEDENCE (R)?Routine?? ? ? ? ? ?b. Date Time, Task as 1.0.?? ? ? ? ? ?c.?To: NCS415; NCS396; NNE6EM? ?(separate addresses with semi-colon).?? ? ? ? ? ?d. On Form:?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#1:?NO.??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#2. your City, County, State, and Territory put either FEMA R4 (TN, KY, MS, FL, GA, AL, NC, SC)??or FEMA R6 (TX, AR, LA, NM, OK).?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#3Put in Coordinates using degree decimal format,?DD.DDDD?.??Example:??LAT: 36.0703? ?LON:?-86.8241, which is the correct format.?(If you cannot provide coordinates per above, then put in your Grid Square, and they will be approximated from your Winlink Express settings.)?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Remember that Western hemisphere longitude is a?negative number!??Very IMPORTANT!??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Incorrect?format would be?LAT: 36? 4?13?N??LON: 86? 49? 27?W?Put in your Grid Square.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#4. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#5. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#6. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#7. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#8. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#9. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#10.YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#11.YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#12. Please state, ?EXERCISE, EXERCISE EXERCISE"?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#13 Name, call sign.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?If any of the above conditions are actually out of service,??please follow this instruction, regardless.?9.?If you ARE in one of the AFFECTED areas (i.e. Charlotte, Dallas, Miami, Little Rock), then please fill out the Field Situation Report per below:?? ? ? ? ? ?a. PRECEDENCE?(P) Priority?? ? ? ? ? ?b. Date Time, Task as 1.0.?? ? ? ? ? ?c.?To: NCS415; NCS396; NNE6EM? ?(separate addresses with semi-colon).?? ? ? ? ? ?d. On Form:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#1:?NO.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#2. your City, County, State, and for ?Territory" put either FEMA R4 (TN, KY, MS, FL, GA, AL, NC, SC) or FEMA R6 (TX, AR, LA, NM, OK).?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#3.?Put in Coordinates using?decimal format?.??Example:??LAT: 36.0703? ?LON: -86.8241, which is the correct format.??Very IMPORTANT!?(If you cannot provide coordinates per above, then put in your Grid Square, and they will be approximated from your Winlink Express settings.)?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Remember that Western hemisphere longitude is a?negative number!??Very IMPORTANT!??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Incorrect?format would be?LAT: 36? 4?13?N??LON: 86? 49? 27?W?Put in your Grid Square.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#4.?NO POTS or VOIP?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#5.?NO??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#6. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#7. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#8. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#9. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#10.?NO?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#11. YES?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#12.?Please state, ?EXERCISE, EXERCISE EXERCISE"?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?#13??Name, call sign, cell number (optional)?10.?Check your information and then ?submit" the form.11. If not done automatically, then close your browser.12.?Post the message to the Winlink Express Outbox.13.?Send Message with whatever mode you choose!?If you are not in one of the affected areas, you may?decide to use Telnet Winlink. In a "real life situation," you?would always want to use Telnet if it is available in order to leave the precious RF spectrum for those in affected areas who have no other choice, However, for this exercise, do what you?wish since this is for practicing your ability to use Winlink in an emergency condition.?Thanks much, > > > If you have questions, please contact J.M. Rowe n5xfw at yahoo.com > > > J.M. Rowe N5XFW -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From glenn at arwolfpack.com Fri May 20 07:57:19 2022 From: glenn at arwolfpack.com (Glenn Wolf) Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 06:57:19 -0500 Subject: [PBARC] For the Exercise May 31 - June 1 In-Reply-To: <6DAA847D-FBD6-4309-B06D-63544B3EF6BD@yahoo.com> References: <6DAA847D-FBD6-4309-B06D-63544B3EF6BD@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <12dc4166-dbed-6fc4-5a49-52349a3f360c@arwolfpack.com> All - Unless you live in the city of Little Rock you will fill out the Filed Situation Report as though you are *NOT*** in the affected area. Often exercises "affect" a larger area than the governmental boundaries of a city or county.?? That is *NOT* the case for this exercise.?? You are _affected_ only if you live in the city of Little Rock. Thanks, glenn n5rn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: