[W8MWA] Project for COVID-19 "home" time

[John Jacobs]

Consider also:

KD8MIV,   145.370,   -6,   103.5,  PARSONS
AA8CC, 146.925,  -.6, 103.5,   MORGANTOWN
W3PIE,  147.255 +.6,  131.8. UNIONTOWN

73
de KD8VMF

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020, 10:25 Carl Werntz <cwerntz1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Attached is a list of the Morgantown Area Repeaters.
>
> If you have a few free minutes while we are all trapped at home, please
> check your radios and make sure that you have all of the repeaters and
> simplex frequencies programmed into your radios.
>
> "But I only use 2 repeaters, why should I program the rest?" -  If you
> want to assist with emergency communications, there are several reasons:
> - Each of these repeaters has slightly different coverage, and since
> communications may be needed in different places, having all of the
> repeaters programmed provides the most flexibility.
> - Repeaters are man made - they can fail, loose power, etc.  Having a
> backup capacity is never a bad idea.
> - In a larger emergency there may be need for more than one net (one
> supporting Red Cross shelters, another supporting Emergency Management,
> perhaps another for Health and Welfare traffic or digital transmissions).
> Having these on separate repeaters makes the communications flow smoother.
>
> So....If you are looking for a coronavirus project that will make you more
> prepared to assist your community, spend some time getting ALL of our local
> repeaters programmed into your portable, mobile, and home radios.
>
> If you have a radio that is Part-90 type accepted (some of the Chinese
> radios are) and want to have even more capacity to assist disaster
> communications, you might want to add the VTAC and UTAC channels.
>
> The best reference is in the National Interoperability Field Operations
> Guide (NIFOG)
> www.dhs.gov › xlibrary › assets › nifog-v1-4-resized-for-pda-viewing
>
> <https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nifog-v1-4-resized-for-pda-viewing.pdf>
> The page numbers are confusing - see their page 27 (document page 31) &
> their page 29 (document page 33) for the VTAC and UTAC channels.
> Regardless, look through this very useful reference guide - you might want
> to have a copy in your go kit.
>
> See you on the air soon.  73,  Carl  WA3ZZU
> --
> Carl Werntz, D.O., MPH
> Morgantown Occupational Medicine, PLLC
> Phone:  304-602-2176
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