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Home » Topics » General Ragchew » Emergency Simplex Net

Emergency Simplex Net

  • This topic has 6 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 11 months ago by Erica Mueller.
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  • February 25, 2023 at 2:06 pm #37852
    KF5NRU
    Participant

    Hey guys I’m not sure if this is in the right place or not, but very soon I am going to start a emergency information simplex net. The whole idea of this net is to test the range and reliability of comms in a grid down scenario with no access to a local repeater. The Idea is not to blast the country side with 500w and a 13 element beam. People in this net should use as low a power as possible to conserve power, and use a relay system to pass the required information.

    With that being said I will put out an email with the information that will be requested to be passed the day before the net will take place. This net will not be intended for ragchew, or chit chat other than the required information.

    An example of a contact should look like this.

    Information of the day- Name/Location in coordinates (“mm”ss.ssss”)/Status of approximate power remaining in hours.

    -Net Control This is KF5NRU prepare to copy my information

    KF5NRU go ahead

    – Name Matthew, Location 33minutes 40 decimal 8410 seconds North, By 95minutes 25 decimal 8288 seconds West, approximant power reaming in hours under current conditions 12

    Net control will read back make corrections if necessary then move to the next station.

    Anyway I think this could be a lot of fun and I would like going forward to try and do this on several bands, and in several operating modes. I am open to suggestions and comment’s.

    Please email me if you would like to participate in this net, so I can add you to an email list, and if you have any ideas for good times and dates. My email is

    tacteecoolrider@gmail.com

    • This topic was modified 3 years ago by KF5NRU.
    February 25, 2023 at 2:15 pm #37854
    Charles Penry
    Participant

    Matt,

    Sounds like a good idea and should be fun. Reminds me to get my backup battery system back on-line since using it a winter field day.

    Charles WA5VHU

    February 25, 2023 at 5:54 pm #37858
    Kathy Beall
    Participant

    Sounds like an interesting exercise, I’ll shoot you an email shortly.  Thank you Matt!

    February 25, 2023 at 7:43 pm #37859
    Phillip Beall
    Keymaster

    Ditto! – Phillip

    April 1, 2023 at 10:59 am #38760
    Kathy Beall
    Participant

    Bump – Matthew you still thinking about doing this?

    April 10, 2023 at 9:31 am #38798
    Wyndell Ferguson
    Participant

    email with info sent.

    April 11, 2023 at 6:59 am #38800
    Erica Mueller
    Keymaster

    Matt

    Did you get moved.

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