[TMRA] Fwd: Simplex Day Nov 28, 2020

[Brad Ruhberg]

> From: Steve Bellner/W8TER

> Date: November 24, 2020 at 11:18:35 AM EST
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> Subject: Simplex Day Nov 28, 2020
> Reply-To: stevebellner at gmail.com
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> Simplex Day November 28, 2020
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> Who Heard Who?
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> November 28, 2020 from 4 pm to 6 pm
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> This is a drill!!!  If this was an actual emergency… would the repeater still work?
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> The intention of this Simplex Day drill is to test how our communication works on simplex. During an emergency you cannot always rely on the repeaters.
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> There are two parts to communication. Talking is important but listening can be just as important. This drill is open to all Ham Operators.
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> Find out how well you actually do under simplex conditions. Find out who you can hear!
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> Frequencies are: 147.480, 147.450 146.460, 146.580
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> Start: Check-in to the net on the TMRA 147.270 repeater and receive your designator. (Tactical Call). You will use the designator throughout the drill. Designators shall be ham phonetics ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, etc. (Be sure to properly identify using your ham call sign.)
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> Tune: Go to a designated simplex frequency and start calling. CQ Simplex Day CQ Simplex Day. “This is w8abc calling. My designator is (F “FOXTROT”).
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> Object: To collect as many letters of the alphabet as you can and log them as HEARD or CONTACT. Call out using your designator and try to contact the stations you can hear.
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> Listen for stations: Collect and log their Designator. If you cannot contact them, log them as HEARD. If you can talk to them, log them as CONTACT
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> CONTACT stations should exchange designators and signal strengths. “My designator is TANGO you are (FQ)…Full Quieting   (LC)…Loud and Clear (WR)…Weak but Readable (OFW)…Only a Few Words.  Include the exchange in the log.
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> HEARD stations should be logged and include the signal strength emitted from the “HEARD” station.
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> Example of log:
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> AC contact WR / LC
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> (Station heard=AC) (Contact or Heard) (My exchange to AC=WR) (AC’s exchange to me=LC)
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> T heard WR
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> B contact FQ / LC
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> Q heard OFW
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> AG contact WR / WR
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> HINT: Open your squelch to hear weak signals
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> HELP: Use the TMRA repeater to coordinate frequencies with stations.
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> Please direct your questions to:
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>  W8TER at ARRL.NET e-mail
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> 419-367-1200 VOICE only
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> 419-350-3372 TEXT only
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> Send your log results to W8TER at ARRL.NET.
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> The results will be published in the TMRA newsletter.
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> Problems are only ever problems if we do not have strategies to deal with them effectively.
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