[SJRA-Members] Fwd: [SNJEMCOM] Atlantic County Simplex Operations Test - April 2024

[Dennis Dura]

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From: Dave Larcombe, KD2KVZ (EC, Atlantic County) <kd2kvz at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 8, 2024, 16:26
Subject: [SNJEMCOM] Atlantic County Simplex Operations Test - April 2024
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Good afternoon,

We will be once again conducting a simplex operations test to assess the
condition, functionality and efficacy of our current equipment. This
exercise has a great opportunity for Auxcomm/ARES Operators and any Amateur
Radio Operator available and in range to test their equipment as well. We
are looking to determine how far our signal reaches and how clearly, we can
be heard. We have recently installed brand new 21-foot Commander antennas
at 200 feet and a brand new Icom 9700 that have yet to really be put to the
test.

We are asking that if you are available, please participate in this
exercise as well as share the details of this event with any Amateur Radio
Operator you know who might also be interested in participating. We
encourage you to share the details of this exercise with Amateurs in
neighboring states like Pennsylvania and Delaware. Please feel free to
share on social media and any other channels as well. We would like to have
as many people participate as possible from as far away as can hear us. We
plan to conduct this exercise every 60 days for the foreseeable future to
determine equipment performance during the different seasonal conditions.

We will be logging and mapping the locations of the contacts we make from
the Atlantic County EOC during this test. We encourage you to map/log the
stations you hear from your location as well and share it with us. We would
like to compile a comprehensive log to share with everyone that will tell
you who heard you and where. We will post this report within a few days
after the exercise. Please email your logs to Communications Coordinator
Ken Chotiner K5FFD at k5ffd at yahoo.com

After receiving feedback from other hams in the area and in the interest of
keeping with establish frequency spacing guidelines we have permanently
changed our operating frequency for these tests to. 146.565 MHz please use
this frequency when trying to contact us.

*Exercise Details:*

*When:* Saturday April 13, 2024

*Time:* 10:00 AM

*Frequency:* 146.565 Simplex  (No PL)

*Net Control:* Ken Chotiner, K5FFD (Communications Coordinator)

*Back Up Net Control:* TBD
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