I had good intentions for the last GAREC SET and had even announced this at our county wide amateur radio club, however, I managed to completely slip up remembering and hope to do better this time around. Are any of you digital operators planning to participate, especially if using CW or digital modes during this event? I am not sure what mode(s) I might use but will operate as a single operator unless there is local interest.
As noted in the information Mark had sent out, there will be no HQ stations that will have digital modes. I would have expected that there might be more interest in digital modes from originating stations to the HQ stations, but the main focus seems to be on e-mail delivery via digital mail systems such as Winlink 2000 and PSKmail or by e-mailing (after the two relays) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps we can demonstrate that MFSK16 and Olivia (the most robust sound card modes) can well support this kind of event? Of course NBEMS would be another sound card approach using an ARQ sound card system for error free messaging. The use of CW appears to be as a back up if conditions are difficult enough that other modes won't work. Speed of CW is required to be 15 wpm maximum, so that might help attract some operators (like me) who would normally shy away from traffic handler type speeds, HI. You need to relay the structured message through at least two relay stations so you would only e-mail the messages to the HQ station in your region if you are the second relay. Maximum power is intended to be 100 watts or less and this makes it easier for those of us with emergency power. I have a generator system, but also have a good sized AGM 85 Amp/Hour battery which I would surely use. The information below can be accessed at the Global SET web site from the UK on RAY-NET at: http://www.raynet-hf.net/ <http://www.raynet-hf.net/tiki-index.php> What do you think? 73, Rick, KV9U Mark Thompson wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans Zimmermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 05:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: GlobalSET - November 2008 > > To all participants of GAREC-05-06-07-08: > > The next GlobalSET has been announced for 8 November 2008. Below > please find > the details for this second global emergency communications exercise, > provided by the organizer of the event, Greg Mossop, G0DUB. > > PSE QSP - pass on the information to your emergency communications > groups > ! > > TNX in advance and 73 > > Hans, F5VKP / HB9AQS > IARU International Coordinator for Emergency Communications > > (This message is being sent to all participants of GAREC-05, -06, -07, > -08; > I have tried to consolidate all the addresses, but please let me know in > case you receive more than one copy, so that I can correct the list > accordingly, tnx.) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Global Simulated Emergency Test - November 2008 > *****Saturday November 8th 2008 04.00 - 08.00 UTC***** > > IARU Region 1 invites the HQ-Stations of all IARU member societies and > stations of Emergency Communications Groups to participate in a Global > Simulated Emergency Test on > > Saturday November 8th, 2008 04.00 - 08.00 UTC. > > The operation will take place on and near the emergency Centre-of-Activity > (CoA) frequencies on 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metres (+-QRM ). > > The objectives of the test are; > > 1/ increase the common interest in emergency communications. > 2/ test how usable the CoA frequencies are across ITU regions. > 3/ create practices for international emergency communication and 4/ > practice the relaying of messages using all modes. > > Please remember that this is not a contest, it is an emergency > communications exercise ! > > Following the recommendation of the GAREC conferences, participating > stations are requested to use /D in their callsign (D=distress/disaster) > where permitted by their licensing administration. > > Traffic may be passed on voice (SSB), Data or CW modes as detailed below. > > Voice mode > Each IARU Region will have a HQ station operating on voice as follows: > Region 1 - TBA > Region 2 - TBA > Region 3 - TBA > HQ stations will be QRV simultaneously on all CoA frequencies > appropriate to > their region +- QRM as shown below. > > Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 > 3760 3750 or 3985 3760 > 7060 7060, 7240 or 7290 7060 > 14300 > 18160 > 21360 > > Stations intending to participate are requested to send their callsigns to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> before > the exercise so that HQ stations can be > aware of the number of stations calling them. A list of participating > stations will also be available at www.raynet-hf.net > <http://www.raynet-hf.net/> > > To practice relaying messages, each participating station is allowed > to send > six (6) messages: three during the first two hours and three more > during the > last two hours of the test. > > After sending their own messages, participating stations should start to > relay messages of other stations, when a message has been relayed twice it > should then be sent to the HQ station of their own region. It is very > useful > if messages 'jump'' between countries and/or Regions. > > Participating stations should call 'CQ GLOBALSET' giving their > callsign and > organisation ( ARES,RAYNET, NETMAR etc. ). > > Each participating station will send up to six messages to their > Regional HQ > station as follows; > > - Time of sending the message in UTC > - The callsign of the sending station > - Message number - 1,2 or 3 in the first half of the exercise, 4,5 or 6 in > the second half. > - Bands available for use - use the meter band designation NOT frrequency. > - Number of operators at the station > - Emergency power available - 1=None, 2=Battery, 3=Generator (of any > kind), > 4= Battery and Generator. > - Emergency Communications Group or National Society > - As messages are relayed, add via... via... to show the callsigns of > stations which have relayed this message. > > A one-character prefix will be used before each part of the message in > order > to make it easier to decode > > Where: > - M(ike) = Message number > - B(ravo) = Band available > - O(scar) = Operators > - P(apa) = Power available > When a station other than an HQ station receives a message, it should > relay > the message towards the destination in whatever way it can. > > For example :- a message originated by SU1KM in Egypt for the Region 1 HQ > station might be passed initially to a station in Malta on 40m, from there > to a French station on 80m, and finally to the destination HQ station on > 80m. > > For example :- > > 1. ZS6BUU sending message number 1 at 0430UTC, 80,40,20,10m bands > available, 3 operators, no emergency power, member of HAMNET. > > "0430 ZS6BUU M1 B80 B40 B20 B10 O03 P1 HAMNET" > > 2. MM3UJL/P sending message number 4 at 0700UTC, 160,80,40,20,10m bands > available, 2 operators, both battery and generator available, member of > RAYNET > > "0700 MM3UJL/P M4 B160 B80 B40 B20 B10 O02 P4 RAYNET" > > Regional HQ stations will not sending messages, only receive them. To > avoid > QRMing the HQ stations, please move to frequencies near the CoA in > steps of > 5KHz for contacts with others. > > To create a more realistic situation, please limit your transmitting power > during the exercise to 100 Watts. Special value is given to stations > operating mobile/portable and/or on emergency power. > > Data modes > > Data stations must send the same format as used for voice messages. > There will not be any HQ stations for data modes, data stations should use > the frequencies defined for their preferred mode in national > bandplans. This > makes the use of 'CQ GLOBALSET' and registering your intended > participation > particularly important. > > 'Structured' modes such as Winlink, ALE, PSKmail should send their > messages > directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , other data modes should attempt > to relay the messages through two other stations before sending them to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for > analysis. > > CW Mode > > CW is included in this SET to increase the possiblility of stations making > contacts in difficult conditions and should be used when SSB or data > contacts are proving impossible. There will not be any HQ stations for CW, > CW stations should operate near the CoA frequencies when SSB traffic > cannot > be heard. > > CW stations must send the same format as used for voice messages and not > exceed 15wpm. If necessary CW messages can be relayed through two other > stations before sending them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for analysis. > > Conclusion > Please send your logs with comments, pictures and suggestions for future > exercises to; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> as soon as possible after the SET. A > brief report of the event is required for the IARU Region 1 conference in > Cavtat on 16th November but the full report is hoped to be available in > December 2008. > > To be fair to all regions we use three different time slots for the > exercise, the next exercise will be on May 2nd 2009 at 11.00 -15.00 > UTC with > the event in November 2009 being at 18.00 - 22.00 UTC. > Thanks for your support of emergency communications. > > Greg Mossop, G0DUB > GlobalSET Organiser >
