Accessed on 04 October 2018, 0622 UTC, Post #716.
Source:
Email message from Joseph Speroni (AH0A), ARRL Pacific Section Manager.
Comment:
Here’s some more information regarding the upcoming 2018 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) scheduled for Saturday, 13 October 2018, from 0900 to 1200 HST. Joe has included a link to a pdf which explains ways to maximize your VHF/UHF simplex signal. The document is worth reading.
Here’s the full text of Joe’s message:
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The Oct 13th 2018 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test, following the Grid
Madness VHF/UHF simplex contest, is also to be conducted this year using
simplex operation (no repeaters).
Given the mountainous geography of Hawaii, this can be a challenge for
some communities. Eric Grabowski(KH6CQ) has republished an application
note on Cross Band Repeaters (CBR) that he wrote many years ago in a
very readable form with graphics produced by Steve Kawamura (KH6WG).
The note discusses five different configurations to improve
communications in a location that looses access to repeaters. Check it
out. It is an easy read. One of these CBRs may be useful in your
community.
http://hawaiiarrl.info/stories/2018/2018-09-23 CBR Application Note.pdf
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ARRL Pacific Section
Section Manager: Joseph Speroni, AH0A
ah0a@arrl.org