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There are two types of drills that occur on a regularly scheduled basis.   The first is the monthly RACES Drill, called COMMEX, or communications exercise. These drills are scheduled on the 2nd Tuesday of the Month and last for an hour or less.   There is usually no COMMEX during the months of July and August.

The second regularly scheduled drill is the annual SET, at this time we are not certain that ACES will participate in the SET.   This drill us usually held early in October. This drill is planned  by the leadership of the Maryland D. C. Section of the ARRL.  Given their guidance the details of the drill are refined by the local leadership.  The state leadership plans for a drill the might last as long as six hours. 

Current details of the drills are listed in the table below.

Local Commex Drills:

Date

Scenario

Local Support
January 13, 2009 Solar Flair Burst all HF Band Unusable

Simplex net testing capability - Request stations to log who they can contact
February 10, 2009   Simplex net - requiring ability to use CTCSS encode and decode quickly
March 10, 2009    
April 14, 2009    
May 12, 2009    
June 9, 2009    

Field Day 

Date

Location

Structure
June 27 and 28, 2009 Ruritan Park Leitersburg, MD TBD

SET   

Date

Scenario

Local Support
October ?, 2009 TBD TBD
     

 

 

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