Unchained Preppers
Communications => Radio => Topic started by: JohnyMac on August 01, 2024, 11:04:58 PM
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The next ERIN(2) net will be Tuesday August 27, 2024, starting at 1900 hrs. eastern with the digital ERIN net. The PACE for that net is as follows,
1) At 1900E hrs. digital net (NCS is usually on frequency at 1850E hrs.) will commence.
Primary 7.110 USB Contestia 4/250, 1000 on the Waterfall
Alternate 3.5887.110Mhz USB Contestia 4/250, 1000 on the Waterfall
Contingency This email thread
Emergency Signal(1). Do I have your cell phone number?
When the Net Control Station (NCS) calls for check-in's this is the reporting format,
de your call, your call/name/location/W-TFC or No-TFC/ de your call
All traffic (TFC) will be passed via MFSK32. I suggest using the FLmsg ICS-213 or the AmRRON Custom forms.
NCS will convert mode from C-4/250 (Contestia 4/250) to MFSK32 and then instruct check-ins one at a time to pass TFC.
Once TFC is complete, NCS will return mode back to C-4/250 for the wrap up of the QSO.
2) At 2000E hrs. (I am typically on frequency at 1950E hrs.) will commence.
Primary 7.193 Mhz LSB or higher till clear air (New as May 2023)
Alternate 3.898 Mhz LSB or higher till clean air
Contingency This email thread
Emergency Signal(1). Do I have your cell phone number?
The above SOI will be used at first, if the interwiz is taken down through Executive Order -- Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions. Then we will develop and share a revised SOI.
73 & God Bless,
JohnMac
(1) The Signal App is being used instead of text for emergency's. Go to my post When The Interwize Goes Dark
post, for an explanation.
(2) A quick history of ERIN (Eastern, Region, Information, Network). Just after President trump declared a state of
emergency, March 2020, I was asked by NC Scout (Brushbeater.org) to NCS a Covid-19 net, as we were
worried that misinformation, intentional or unintentional, was coming out of the main stream media. The net
was five days a week, Monday through Friday and it was a voice net (phone).
June of the same year, the net was reduced to three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. By August it
was reduced to one day a week, Tuesday evening's at 2000E Hrs.
As digital grew in popularity, I introduced a digital net at 1900E Hrs. the same night.
These two nets have been every Tuesday night since January 2021 with only a few interruptions due to
electrical storms in my AO.
The purpose of these nets is to do the following,
> Fellowship, connect hams with other hams,
> Testing of equipment and alternate modes,
> Pass traffic concerning ones AO. Traffic typically consists of,
- Localized weather report if out of the ordinary.
- Fuel availability & prices, petrol/Diesel.
- Civil unrest if any.
- Unusual Military movement if any.
- Other interesting local news.
> Training. To help hams become more confident in TXing & RXing, practice being a NC or ANC station, and all
other that applies to prepare for a localized or national drama, and
> Serve as a conduit to connect hams who have radio equipment to sell or looking for.
I want to thank all the hams that regularly participate on these nets. I am looking for NCS volunteers, in case one day I am hit by a bus.
ATTACHED BELOW IS THE 2024 SUMMER EMERGENCY SOI. JUST CLICK ON IT AND PRINT TO HAVE HANDY IF NEEDED.
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For some reason, when I try to download the 2024 Summer Emergency SOI, it shows 0 bytes. I've tried it twice with the same result.
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Interesting.
I would be more than happy to directly email it out to folks. Just PM me your email address. NO NOT POST YOUR EMAIL HERE. Thank you
JohnyMac
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I got the same result that Stephen got?0 bytes.
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JohnyMac sent a copy to me, and I have converted it to PDF and uploaded it to a web page I created for ERIN downloadable files - https://volusiacountyprepping.com/erin-hf-digital-net/
I'll also be uploading a set of FLDIGI macros for ERIN NCS as soon as I add some documentation and a bit more testing.
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The link at the top of the main page works fine, only the download isn?t working.
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The link at the top of the main page works fine, only the download isn?t working.
I had it set to open in a new tab - works fine when I try it, but it would be easy to miss if you aren't expecting it. I've changed it to open in the same tab. Thanks for the feedback.
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ON 7.197
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Very Good Nets tonight
Digital 10, 7 of which was W/TFC
3, VA
2, PA & FL
1, NJ, AL, & NC
Phone 8
3, PA & TN
1, VA & NC
Thanks for playing \"/
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ON 7.196 mHZ
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AS ALWAYS THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TO THE ERIN NET
DIGITAL WE HAD 9, 4 PASSED TFC
2, PA, VA, & FL
1, NJ, NC, & AL
PHONE WE HAD 6
3, VA
1, PA, MA, & TN
THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.
73 & GOD BLESS
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AS ALWAYS THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TO THE ERIN NET
DIGITAL WE HAD 9, 4 PASSED TFC
2, PA, VA, & FL
1, NJ, NC, & AL
PHONE WE HAD 6
3, VA
1, PA, MA, & TN
THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.
73 & GOD BLESS
Once again - thanks for making this happen. It takes work and dedication, and that is much appreciated!
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Thank you Stephen. You came in very strong tonight. Congratulations. :thumbsUp: :cheers:
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ON7.192 mHZ
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ERIN NET August 20, 2024
Digital we had 10, 6 passing TFC
3, VA,
2, PA & FL
1, MI, NJ, & NC
Phone we had 12
2, PA & NC
1, VA, ME, TN, MD, OH, NY, VT, & CT
Thanks to all that participated.
73 & God Bless
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Well, if practicing for when things mess up, I suppose I made a nice contribution to this evening's net. Just before it was my turn to pass traffic, my FLDIGI locked up. Then when I got the go-ahead to send using Contestia 4/250, I found that it wasn't on the list of modes in FLMSG. Great. It finally made it by pasting it from FLMSG to FLDIGI. Such is life...
I've heard that it isn't good to keep FLMSG open because it causes things like this, and since it's happened a couple of times, I guess it's true. Time for me to come up with a different process for this.
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The phone net was very good this evening. It was possible to hear stations from Maine to Ohio to North Carolina. No static crashes, etc. Simply great HF propagation.
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Jackalope :thumbsUp:
Stephen, I never leave FLDIGI or FLMSG open. At the end of the net, I shut 'em down.
Now, in a grid down situation and we are using the emergency SOI, I will turn FLDIGI on just before TFC is passed.
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Jackalope :thumbsUp:
Stephen, I never leave FLDIGI or FLMSG open. At the end of the net, I shut 'em down.
Now, in a grid down situation and we are using the emergency SOI, I will turn FLDIGI on just before TFC is passed.
I'm learning... I suspect that FLMSG is the culprit in this. I typically keep FLDIGI (along with JS8Call) running from the time I get up in the morning, until I shut it down at bed-time (no good reason why - I just do it), and I don't recall ever having a problem until I have FLMSG on for a while. You're right, though, and I'll probably change that unless things really get crazy. Be well, sir!
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ON 7.192 mHZ
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Super good phone net tonight. While the ZULU drool is still running out of JohnyMac's mouth, I'll mention that my wife's Call is KC4ZLM. :lmfao:
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WOW, great digital and phone nets tonight.
Digital 11, with 8 passing TFC
3, VA
2, PA & NC
1, NJ, FL, AL, & MI
Phone 13
4, NC
3, PA
2, VA
1, ME, MA, NH, & SC
Thanks to all the participated. It means a lot
to all parties from Florida to Canada and east
of the Mississippi. 73
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:lmfao: :cheers: PKv. :thumbsUp: