[SARES] Saturday Drill

Here is information on the Saturday, Apr. 21 Drill.  At this point in 
time the following members have indicated they plan to participate:  MAC 
- Scott Emery, Prospective MAC Gregg Lane, member Dave Valiton.  Other 
members expressed an early-on interest but I am not sure of the current 
interest.  If you are interested, PLEASE CONTACT me ASAP!!!!!  This will 
be a travel type drill and Santa Clara County issued DSW coverage is 
required by Larry Carr.  If you are interested and DO NOT have the 
county coverage, that can be corrected on Saturday - I will explain if 
you call me (203-7100).

Bob ~KG6MOL


    Instructions for Saturday's Drill
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        Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:55 am (PST)

INSTRUCTIONS TO HAMS RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR MUTUAL AID
SANTA CLARA COUNTY ARES/RACES MAC EXERCISE APRIL 21, 2007
Prepared by L.W. Carr, DEC/CRO, 41707, 1030 hr

The exercise will start at 0900, Saturday, April 21, and last until about
1200 or 1300 hours.

You will be contacted by your city EC to see if you can respond to the
request for mutual aid. (If your city is not participating in this event,
please contact Larry Carr, 650-269-9638 for special instructions about how
you can still be part of the exercise).

If you are able to respond to this request from your EC, your EC will tell
you to check in on the Santa Clara County Resource net, where you will be
given instructions regarding the event.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR POINT OF DEPARTURE, program the following frequencies
into your radio:

146.115(+) PL 100.0 (AA6BT, The SCCo Resource Net frequency)

145.27(-) PL 100.0 (W6ASH, the North County Resource Net frequency, which
may be linked to AA6BT for the event).

If you have 440 UHF radio capability, you should also program
444.625(+) PL 110.9 (N6NAC, the South Count connection to the Resource Net;
this frequency will be linked to AA6BT for the duration of the exercise)

Contact the Resource Net Control, stating your call sign. When asked, 
advise
the net control that you are responding to the call for mutual aid, and
follow the instructions given to you at that time. You will be given a
contact frequency for the staging area at the city that has asked for aid;
BE SURE TO PROGRAM THIS FREQUENCY INTO YOUR RADIO BEFORE YOU START TRAVEL.

Note: When you have been given an assignment, briefly return to your city
net and advise your EC that you have been given an assignment, and that you
will be responding to the request for mutual aid.

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR DEPARTURE POINT UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN 
ASSIGNMENT BY
THE RESOURCE NET CONTROL. BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN THE ASSIGNMENT, AND THE
RACES ACTIVATION NUMBER FOR THE EVENT.

While traveling, be sure to obey ALL travel regulations! We want you to
arrive safely at the assignment, so do NOT hurry! If you cannot find the
staging location, stop at the side of the road, and THEN ask for more
detailed directions - do NOT try to drive and read a map at the same time!

While traveling to and from the event, check in with the Resource Net
Control every fifteen minutes during your travel. When you have arrived at
the staging location, check in with the requesting city Staging Net 
Control,
announcing your presence. Once you have made this formal contact, return
briefly to the Resource Net to state that you are at the staging location,
have made contact with the city RACES representative, and are leaving the
Resource Net.

At the city check-in location, be sure to enter your name, call sign, and
city or agency that released you for this assignment (NOTE: This is NOT
necessarily your city of residence - it is the city that hosts your
ARES/RACES organization.)

Once you have completed your assignment, BE SURE TO SIGN OUT on the 
check-in
sheet that you used when you signed in! THIS IS IMPORTANT - DO NOT 
FORGET TO
SIGN OUT when leaving the assignment location!

Before you start your travel home, check in on the Santa Clara County
Resource Net stating that you have completed your assignment and are
returning to your point of departure. Contact the net control every fifteen
minutes during your return to your original point of departure. If you
decide to divert from your shortest travel route home, or plan to do any
personal business, notify net control that you wish to leave the net. Once
you have approval from net control, you will be finished with your
assignment and may continue with your personal business. If you are in fact
returning to your original point of departure, advise net control when you
have reached your destination.

Any questions? Email me or call me at 650-269-9638
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