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ShakeOutBC this Week!!

10/14/2014

Official ShakOutBC Drop, Cover, and Hold-On exercise occurs this Thursday at 10:16..........

I will be at the Ranger Park station at 6pm Wednsday to check in to the BC Public Service Net and EMBC net (7 pm) and do some testing of the WinLink system. If yoU can't come by, call in on the repeater netwok or IRLP!

On Thursday afternoon, I will take the portable unit to Town Hall for a demo capability of radio email to a few of the town officials.

Doug, VE7EPT

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VE7RBH now part of World-Wide Network for WinLink Radio Email

10/14/2014

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As part of preparing for ShakeOut and enhancing preparedness, the club station at Ranger Park is now setup as an automated WinLink radio email gateway. This means that local users can send and receive email to other Winlink stations or regular email addresses via uhf 9600 baud packet (432.250mhz, VE7RBH-10), or more distant users via HF on Pactor (2.,3,4) or Winmor (sound card based mode) (VE7RBH, 7.092mhz). Our station provides a significant addition to western North America coverage. If the station is used for other operstion, it should be put back into gateway opertion immediately afterwards (I can provide instructions). More testing of HF is needed, but it should be operational. More enhancement coming to allow automated UHF packet to HF forwarding when internet is lost at RP...........

We also have a club laptop and uhf/vhf mobile radio and handhelds, and an HF portable radio nd PACTOR modem that can be deployed for operation back to Ranger Park or other gateways.

I have used the HF network a lot while camping, and it works great. It is also used by EMBC, mostly in peer-peer mode. It isn't hard to get started - a radio and the RMS Express email program and a TNC modem or sound card.
For more info, checkout www.winlink.org or contact me.

Doug, VE7EPT

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ShakeOutBC

10/6/2014

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The BVARS is a registered participant in the annual ShakeOutBC earthquake exercise, Thursday October 16th (events can be held any time before end of year). This is an important emergency preparedness exercise counting towards our grant hours.

Please visit their web site for more general information www.shakeoutbc.ca/

We can adapt this before the 16th, but this is what I presently propose we do:

1. Wednesday evening, October 15th starting at 17:30

- Participate in regular BC Public Service Net and EMBC HF nets from Ranger Park and/or home stations, preferably on non-commercial power.
- Test voice (IRLP, HF) and HF WinLink email links to from Ranger Park station to Terrace PREOC (EMBC office).

2. Thursday, October 16th at 10:16

- everyone practice (or at least ponder) the Drop, Cover, and Hold-on maxim for earthquakes.
- official station send ShakeOut radio email traffic from Town of Smithers fire chief to EMBC in Terrace (via Ranger Park).
- everyone take the opportunity to review personal and family emergency preparedness (see ShakeOut web site), and radio preparedness. Are your batteries in good shape and kept charged, etc.

Everyone keep track of the time they spent on any ShakeOut activities and forward to me for the record.

Other ideas for the group or as individuals??

Doug, VE7EPT

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ShakeOutBC this Week!!

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