New Mexico HF digital message exercise

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It could serve as serve as a good training tool for our group in formatting formal traffic and ISC 213's and then passing it on 2 meters to stations who could then place it in digital format for transmission to the Stations in New Mexico on January 28, 2012.

 

The word document gives the particulars:

 

James Bair  NØAJI

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Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: digital MSG Drill (Note time changes.)

New Mexico ARES/EMCOM will be conducting a “Message Drill” on January 28, 2012 starting at 1300 UTC through January 29, 2012 ending at 1900 UTC.

One of the HF digital frequencies that will be used is 10,135 KHz (USB) using the W1HKJ FLDIGI software suite with RxID, TxID enabled. I would like to invite all non-New Mexico Hams to participate in this Message Drill by sending a properly NTS formatted message or ICS-213 formatted message to the NM Stations monitoring 10,135 KHz. Since New Mexico is celebrating the 100^th anniversary of Statehood in 2012, you can wish the State a “Happy 100th birthday” in a properly formatted drill message.

The messages should have "Drill Message" on the top and bottom of the message. Address the "Drill Messages" to our new New Mexico Section Manager, W5YEJ, Bill Kauffman and our New Mexico Section Emergency Coordinator, K5SCA, Mike Scales.

The purpose of this HF Message Drill is to have fun and provide the NM ARES/EMCOM Group with some practice handling point-to-point message traffic on HF.

The NM Stations will use 7,103.5 KHz USB during the daylight hours on January 28 & 29 until 1900 UTC (29JAN2012) for NM Point to Point digital communications, however, several of the NM Stations will maintain a radio watch on 10,135 KHz USB for any inbound NM message traffic. This is called a "Radio Watch".

NM will have several Stations standing by on 7,103.5 KHz, to receive any message traffic during the daylight hours (MST) with at least one Station monitoring 10,135 KHz (USB). I would recommend that we use MT-63-1K on 7,103.5 KHz with a long pause at the beginning & ending of each transmission. For the NM Stations who do not have FLDIGI loaded on to their PCs, use what software you do have (MixW, etc.) loaded on your PC that will handle MT-63-1K on 40 meters.
 
If you have any questions, contact me via email: w5...@arrl.net.

73,
Jay, W5WHN/100   NM STM, ASEC