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Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: WD8ARZ <wd8...@ix.netcom.com> > Date: March 27, 2014 at 8:56:05 EDT > To: shortwa...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [shortwaves] Catch a wave ~ US Ham Operators and Government Test HF > Radio Communications > Reply-To: shortwa...@yahoogroups.com > > For immediate release: 27 March 2014 > > US Ham Operators and Government Test HF Radio Communications > > Disaster Communications Compatibility Exercise Uses Automatic Link > Establishment > > Washington, DC, and San Francisco, CA – 27 March 2014 - US Amateur Radio > operators (ham operators) and Federal Government radio stations are engaged > in a nationwide test of their capability to communicate with each other by > shortwave radio, in case of an emergency or disaster. They are participating > in a 12-day joint readiness exercise running from 27 March through 7 April, > covering all areas of USA, using a digital High Frequency (HF) radio system > known as Automatic Link Establishment (ALE). This High Frequency > Interoperability Exercise 2014 (HFIE-2014) runs concurrent with the federal > National Exercise Program (NEP) 2014. > > ALE is a standardized digital signaling protocol used by each radio service, > ham and government, to establish HF communications between their own > stations. For the first time, the government regulatory agencies (FCC and > NTIA) have authorized these stations to communicate with each other using > ALE. HF radio enables long distance communication independent of terrestrial > communications infrastructure, internet, or satellites. > > To facilitate the communication testing, the Federal Emergency Management > Agency (FEMA) secured temporary authority from the National > Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal > Communications Commission (FCC). Federal Government radio stations and hams > are allowed to communicate with each other using ALE during the exercise. > Under existing rules, hams have secondary access to 5 HF radio channels on > which Government stations are the primary users. > > HF radios used by Federal Government stations have the ALE capability built > into the hardware. Amateur Radio operators have implemented the same ALE > protocols using their personal computers with ham radio equipment and > software. The Special Temporary Authority allows for on-the-air testing of > interoperability between the hardware and software-generated ALE > implementations. > > Participation in the interoperability exercise is open to all ALE-capable > Federal Government radio stations and to all ALE-capable US Amateur Radio > stations. While five channels are available if needed, the test plan calls > for using only two of the channels in order to minimize impact on other > stations not participating in the exercise. Specifics of the STA are as > follows: > > > > (1) Temporary modification of the authority granted at NTIA Manual section > 7.3.8(4), which authorizes Federal Government stations to communicate with > stations in the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, to allow > communications with any Amateur Radio station utilizing Automatic Link > Establishment, limited to the five channels in the 5 MHz band which are > available to the Amateur Radio Service on a secondary basis, for the period > March 27th through April 7th 2014. > > > > (2) Concurrent waiver by the FCC of that part of FCC rule 97.111(a)(4) which > limits communications with US Government stations to transmissions necessary > to providing communications in RACES, limited to the five channels in the 5 > MHz band which are available to the Amateur Radio Service on a secondary > basis, for the period March 27th through April 7th 2014. > > The HFIE-2014 is a semi-annual ham radio readiness exercise coordinated by > the HFLINK organization http://hflink.com and the Global ALE High Frequency > Network http://hflink.net > > It is open to all ALE-capable ham radio stations. Technical and operational > guidelines for ham and federal government stations are available at: > http://hflink.net/hfie2014 > > National Exercise Program (NEP) 2014 is a complex emergency preparedness > exercise with activities sponsored by government departments and agencies, > designed to educate and prepare the whole community for complex, large-scale > disasters and emergencies. As part of the National Preparedness Goal (NPG), > it enables a collaborative, whole community approach to national preparedness > that engages individuals, families, communities, the private and nonprofit > sectors, faith-based organizations and all levels of government. > > Media and Technical Contact: Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA, HFIE-2014 Coordinator > > Website: http://hflink.net > > __._,_.___ > Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New > Topic Messages in this topic (2) > Community email addresses: > > Post message: > shortwa...@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: > shortwaves-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: > shortwaves-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com > List owner: > shortwaves-ow...@yahoogroups.com > URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shortwaves > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > VISIT YOUR GROUP New Members 2 > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___ ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
