[SFDXA] ARRL - SHARES Interoperability Exercise to Use 5 MHz Channels, Involve Amateur Radio

[Bill]

    SHARES Interoperability Exercise to Use 5 MHz Channels, Involve
    Amateur Radio

04/20/2016

During the Pennsylvania Command and Communications Rally 2016 on 
Thursday, April 21 (1200-1900 UTC), US Department of Homeland Security 
*SHARES* <https://www.dhs.gov/shares> (SHared RESources High Frequency 
Radio Program) stations will demonstrate interoperability with other 
SHARES stations, other federal government stations, and Amateur Radio 
stations involved in emergency communication — including tests and 
exercises — on the five 60 meter channels where the Amateur Service is 
secondary. ARRL Chief Technology Officer Brennan Price, N4QX, cautions 
radio amateurs to let the primary (ie, government) users carry out their 
assignments before conducting any federal-amateur contacts.”

“Our long term strategy for continued and meaningful access to 60 meters 
depends in large part on events like these being successful,” Price 
said. “Success is /not/ defined by a large volume of amateur 
communications; it is defined as an appropriate volume of communications 
that demonstrates interoperability while not detracting from the mission 
of the primary occupant of the spectrum.”

The primary period for interoperability demonstration will be between 
1600 and 1630 UTC. The suppressed-carrier reference frequencies (dial 
frequencies) for USB communication are 5330.5, 5346.5, 5357.0, 5371.5, 
and 5403.5 kHz. Stations making contacts during this event are requested 
to *send a report* <mailto:NCCSHARES at DHS.GOV> via e-mail with the 
subject line “PEMA 5MHz DEMO,” or via Winlink to NCS360.

SHARES coordinates a voluntary network of government, industry, and 
disaster response agency HF radio stations used for emergency 
communications. More than 1350 HF radio stations — representing 104 
federal, state, and industry organizations and located in all 50 states, 
the District of Columbia, and overseas — participate in SHARES. /— 
Thanks to Ross Z. Merlin, National Coordinating Center for 
Communications, SHARES Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security
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