Mission San Jose CERT Comm
Radio Propagation Mapping Exercise

20 August 2000

Overall Procedure
1 Assemble at Ohlone College parking lot (1300 Hrs)
2 Briefing
3 Start of net (1315 Hrs)
4 Mobile units depart
5 All mobile units at their station
6 All mobile units checked in through repeater
7 Net broadcast asking mobile units to tune to 145.700 MHz with best antenna
8 Roll call
9 Net broadcast asking mobile units to switch to rubber duckie (on 145.700 MHz)
10 Roll call
11  Net broadcast asking mobile units to tune to 446.000 MHz (still with rubber duckie)
12 Roll call
13 Net broadcast asking mobile units to switch to best antenna, if other than rubber duckie, (on 446.000 MHz)
14 Roll call
15  Net broadcast asking all units to return to Ohlone College parking lot.
16 All units reach OC parking lot.
17 Close of net
18 All units submit their signal reports to net control operator
19 Debriefing
Periodic Announcement by Net Control on the 147.015+ repeater
QST, QST, QST.  This is the Mission San Jose CERT Comm Radio Propagation Mapping Net.  This net is using the WA6PWW repeater, 147.015 MHz, positive offset, as well as the simplex frequencies 145.700 MHz and 446.000 MHz for this exercise.  This is [name, callsign] your net control station for this afternoon.  This net should be interrupted for emergency or priority traffic.

DROP

All stations not participating in this net are encouraged to use the repeater, but are requested to yield to this net as needed until the net is completed.  All stations checking into the net are requested to remain on one of the frequencies in use as directed by net control.  If a station must leave the frequency, please advise net control.  This is a directed net, so please direct all calls through net control.  Please pause briefly before speaking on the repeater and remember to pause between transmissions to accommodate emergency traffic.

DROP
Periodic Announcement by Net Control on the simplex frequencies
QST, QST, QST.  This is the Mission San Jose CERT Comm Radio Propagation Mapping Net.  This net is using the WA6PWW repeater, 147.015 MHz, positive offset, as well as the simplex frequencies 145.700 MHz and 446.000 MHz for this exercise.  This is [name, callsign] your net control station for this afternoon.  This net should be interrupted for emergency or priority traffic.

DROP

All stations not participating in this net are requested to stand by until the net is completed.  All stations checking into the net are requested to remain on one of the frequencies in use as directed by net control.  If a station must leave the frequency, please advise net control.  This is a directed net, so please direct all calls through net control.  Please pause briefly before speaking on the repeater and remember to pause between transmissions to accommodate emergency traffic.

DROP