Global Simulated Emergency Test
Information from Greg, G0DUP:
Hi,
a 'Global Simulated Emergency Test' will take place on 3rd May 2008. This
event is the successor to the IARU EmCom 'Parties on the Air' which some of
you may have heard of and the new name reflects the increased scope of the
test. This post is to let you know more about the event and invite NBEMS
stations to participate.
Voice comms remain core to the event but this time data modes have been
included. Sadly it is difficult to get data modes operational anywhere near
the Emergency Communications 'Centre of Activity Frequencies' in a consistant
way around the world so the data component remains a little 'ad hoc' but any
way I could find of recognising the contributions of Data communications is
better than nothing...
One of the main components of the exercise is to encourage stations to relay
messages a couple of times before passing to a 'HQ' station. This is a little
difficult to organise for NBEMS since there is no fixed infrastructure for
messages to be sent to as there is for example in ALE or PSKmail. But since
there are stations on this list who have been seeking opportunities to test
with other NBEMS stations then this four hour SET may just bring enough
people together to make this happen.
If you can relay messages between each other twice before sending the final
text by email to the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] it would be good,
if not then just send what you can, there are parts of the world where
getting enough people to participate can be challenging. It would be useful
though if you include in the message that it has been routed using NBEMS so I
can determine the relative 'popularity' of the various modes.
If you intend participating then please register as requested in the 'rules'
below. Also if you are in North America and intend passing any Voice messages
on the CoA frequencies, the Maritime Mobile Service Net has agreed to act as
a 'HQ' station on 14.300MHz but PLEASE follow the directions of their Net
controller. This is only an exercise whilst their operations are a live net
and I would not want them to lose any of their regular ( or possibly
emergency ) messages through interference from this event.
Thanks for your support of emergency communications.
73,
Greg, G0DUB
GlobalSET Organiser
The rules; also available at http://www.iaru-r1.org/GlobalsetMay08Rules.pdf
Global Simulated Emergency Test - May 2008
Saturday May 3rd 2008 18.00 - 22.00 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 May 3rd, 2008 at 18.00 - 22.00 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 by voice and data modes.
Please keep in mind that this is not a contest, it is an emergency
communications exercise !
Following the recommendation of GAREC-07, 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) or Data modes as detailed below.
Voice mode
Each IARU Region will have a HQ station operating on voice as follows:
Region 1 - OF3F/D
Region 2 - The Maritime Mobile Service Net (MMSN ) will receive messages on
14.300MHz. Please respect their normal operating procedures, follow the net
controllers instructions and give priority to emergency traffic.
Region 3 - To be announced
HQ stations will be QRV simultaneously on all CoA frequencies
appropriate to their region +- QRM as shown below.
Regions 1&3 Region 2
3760 3750 or 3985
7060 7060, 7240 or 7290
14300 14300
18160 18160
21360 21360
Stations intending to participate are requested to send their callsigns
to [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
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 form their own message as follows;
4U1ITU = the callsign of the station
/1/ = the message number, 1,2 or 3 in the first half of the exercise,
4,5 or 6 in the second half.
/20/17/15/ = Bands available for use - use the meter band designation
NOT frequency.
03 = There are 3 operators at 4U1ITU
1 = Do you have emergency power at your location.
1=No
2=Battery
3=Generator ( of any kind )
IARC= International Amateur Radio Club of ITU HQ
via... via... = the callsigns of stations which have relayed this message
e.g. 4U1ITU/1/20/17/15/03/1/IARC via.... via.... etc.
On voice we will use the word 'slash' to separate the parts of the messages.
Regional HQ stations are not sending messages, only receiving them. To
avoid QRMing the HQ stations, please move to frequencies near the CoA
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
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.
Data stations should send the same message format as voice but
'structured' modes such as Winlink, ALE, PSKmail should send their
messages directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] , other data modes
should attempt to relay the messages twice before sending them to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for analysis.
Conclusion
Please send your comments, pictures and suggestions for future exercises
to; [EMAIL PROTECTED] , logs are only required from the three
Regional HQ stations for analysis. The report of the event will be
presented at GAREC 08 in Friedrichshafen.
To be fair to all regions we use three different time slots for the
exercise, the next exercise will be on November 8th 2008 at 04.00 -08.00
UTC with the event in May 2009 being at 11.00 - 15.00 UTC.
Seppo Sisatto, OH1VR
Emergency Communications Co_Ordinator
IARU Region 1
Greg Mossop, G0DUB
GlobalSET Organiser
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