Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community Set

TexScan780D · Oct 24, 2017

ARRL News:

Elements of the US Department of Defense (DOD) will conduct a "communications interoperability" training exercise November 4-6, once again simulating a "very bad day" scenario. Amateur Radio and MARS organizations will take part.

Communications Interoperability Training with Amateur Radio Community Set

bpittman · Oct 31, 2017

When will we know what freqs we will be using? The day of the event? Interested in the VHF side.

Bill
KC4YIH

AB4BF · Oct 31, 2017

Military/Amateur Interoperability

On the ARRL website, the following is included:

Again this year, a military station on the east coast and the Fort Huachuca, Arizona, HF station will conduct a high-power broadcast on 60-meter channel 1 (5330.5 kHz) on Saturday from 0300 to 0315 UTC. New this year will be an informational broadcast on Sunday, on 13,483.5 kHz USB from 1600 to 1615 UTC. Amateur Radio operators should monitor these broadcasts for more information about the exercise and how they can participate in this communications exercise, English said.

I think the interop frequencies will be broadcast on the 13,485.5 kHz USB from 1600 to 1615 UTC on Sunday. Hopefully it wasn't this Sunday, 29 Oct. 2017. Wasn't too clear there, was it?

majoco · Oct 31, 2017

November 4-6

edweirdFL · Nov 1, 2017

FYI the broadcast on 5330.5 was in Morse code. I listened this past Sunday on 13.483.5 and didn't hear anything so maybe it is this coming Sunday.

reedeb · Nov 2, 2017

edweirdFL said:
FYI the broadcast on 5330.5 was in Morse code. I listened this past Sunday on 13.483.5 and didn't hear anything so maybe it is this coming Sunday.

November 4 thru 6. It helps to read the article. BTW this is simulating an EMP even either from a nuke or a Solar incident

bpittman · Nov 2, 2017

reedeb said:
November 4 thru 6. It helps to read the article. BTW this is simulating an EMP even either from a nuke or a Solar incident

I suspect the freqs will be announced for a period of time before the event. Problem with that is the propagation conditions may not be good for everyone at the same time!

scanmanmi · Nov 2, 2017

It's gonna be a bad day for somebody

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KB7MIB · Nov 2, 2017

For some reason, this thread didn't come up as being "new" before I posted about this event myself earlier this evening. Maybe I should have looked a little more closely at the threads. Sorry for the double.

There is a conspiracy theory going around now, that the blackout will be real, not simulated, in response to the alleged Antifa uprising in the 4th. Smh...

John
Peoria, AZ

N9PBD · Nov 2, 2017

Here's the actual exercise schedule:

Timetable
2 NOV 1200Z (Local Thursday AM) Start Exercise. Notification of simulated solar storm
3 NOV 1200Z (Local Friday Morning) Black out phase, Solar Storm simulated
4 NOV 1200Z (local Saturday Morning) begin operations following simulated
solar storm, interface with amateur radio, begin reporting county status.
5 NOV 0300Z to 0315Z (local Saturday Night) Information broadcast, 60
meters
5 NOV 1600Z to 1615Z (local Sunday Morning) Information broadcast, 13 MHz

edweirdFL · Nov 4, 2017

MARS station AA4RQX heard on 5.3465 (Ch 2 60m) taking reports from amateur stations in various counties this evening just prior to 0000 UTC. He said he was located in GA

devicelab · Nov 4, 2017

DOD ARRL CME Event Audio Message

From Desert Eagle on 5330.5khz @ 0400z 11/5/2017

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f6f88ntdlmc5xup/deserteagleCME.mp3?raw=1

imonitorit · Nov 5, 2017

Good info!!

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bpittman · Nov 5, 2017

edweirdFL said:
MARS station AA4RQX heard on 5.3465 (Ch 2 60m) taking reports from amateur stations in various counties this evening just prior to 0000 UTC. He said he was located in GA

Not much into my QTH but lots of activity on 2 particular SDR's. Uniontown PA you could hear strong signals on 5330.5. In Elida, OH 2 channels were used - 5346.5 and 5403.5 with VG signals. Later in the day a SDR in ID was good.

Bill
KC4YIH
WV

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