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Radio Station VE3EMO Provincial Emergency Operations Centre
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 Simulated Emergency Test (October 7 2006)
Ontario Province-wide SET Instructions
Overview

As announced by Radio Amateurs of Canada, this years SET will be held October 7-8 2006. The Province-wide portion of the SET will be conducted on Oct. 7th from 11:00 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 21:00 hrs ET, under the direction of the Ontario National Traffic System (VA3OPN) in conjunction with the EMO Provincial ARES Group (VE3EMO). All ARES Groups are encouraged to participate in Province-wide SET activities and pass traffic to the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre as well as other ARES Groups, RAC Officials and Government/Support Agencies through-out the Province. Every attempt will be made to connect individual ARES groups together to pass traffic.

Modes utilized for this exercise include; HF, VHF/UHF linked repeaters, simplex, IRLP, Ecohlink, PSK31 and Packet via the Airmail program. 

ALL operations and traffic should follow the guidelines as outlined by Radio Amateurs of Canada http://www.rac.ca/fieldorg/ARES_set.htm This year it is very important to maintain accurate logs as scoring has been introduced into this years exercise, please visit the RAC site for details, SET Report Form: http://www.rac.ca/fieldorg/setform.htm

When signing into the SET please inform Net Control of which ARES Group you represent, your title if any (example: SM, SEC, DEC, EC, AEC), if you are operating with emergency power, also inform NCS if you are operating from an Emergency Operations Centre.

All stations should stay on frequency for traffic routing unless excused by the net control station, please advise NCS if you must leave. 

After first initial contact all stations are encouraged to use tactical callsigns, inform NCS of your tactical call, by way of example;

  • Ontario Phone Net VA3OPN, tactical call (Control)
  • Provincial Emergency Operations Centre VE3EMO, tactical call (EMO)
  • Toronto EOC VA3EOT, tactical call (Toronto EOC)
  • Ontario Science Centre VE3OSC, tactical call (OSC)


    • Useful SET Tools

    For your convenience generic radiograms and logsheets used by the EMO and Toronto EOC stations are available for download on the EMO ARES website. The radiogram is full-page print-out providing space for extra details and information. The logsheets have only 12 entries per page providing ample room for additional information.

  • Radiogram: http://emoares.org/radiogram1.pdf
  • Logsheet: http://emoares.org/logsheet.pdf
  • Easy Guide to understanding Radiograms: http://emoares.org/easygram.shtml
  • ARL Numbered Text: http://emoares.org/arlnumbered.shtml
    • Note: ARES Groups not conducting their SET exercise or unable to participate on Oct.7th 2006 may direct provincial-traffic via the Ontario Phone Net (3.742 MHz. 19:00 hrs.) during their exercise period.

    SET Province-wide Schedule (October 7th)

    Day Time  (11:00 to 14:00 hrs ET)

  • 7.153 Mhz (ARES Ontario HF Net) if conditions are poor on 40 metres please use 3.742 Mhz (Ontario Phone Net)
  • 14.120 MHz.
  • IRLP Reflector 9206 (linked to ARES Procom Net)
  • ARES Procom Net

    • -VE3WIK 146.715 (131.8 Hz), 443.675 (131.8Hz) Carlisle 
    -VA3WAJ 442.425 (107.2 Hz), 224.180 (107.2 Hz) Niagara
    -VE3SNM 442.850 (136.5 Hz) Balentrae 
    -VE3SED  442.200 (131.8 Hz), 53.370 (131.8Hz) Baden 
  • Simplex 146.460 (Golden Horseshoe area, linked to ARES Procom Net)
  • PSK31 (freq: 7.070 MHz. USB) NCS will send and repeat < CQ ONT ARES de VA3EOT >
  • Echolink (Technet Conference Server 213284) 
  • Packet via Airmail program (EMOARES@jus.gov.on.ca)
    • Evening   (18:00 to 21:00 hrs ET)
  • 3.742 Mhz (Ontario Phone Net)
  • IRLP Reflector 9206 (linked to ARES Procom Net)
  • Procom Net

    • -VE3WIK 146.715 (131.8 Hz), 443.675 (131.8Hz) Carlisle 
    -VA3WAJ 442.425 (107.2 Hz), 224.180 (107.2 Hz) Niagara 
    -VE3SNM 442.850 (136.5 Hz) Balentrae 
    -VE3SED  442.200 (131.8 Hz), 53.370 (131.8Hz) Baden 
  • Simplex 146.460 (Golden Horseshoe area, linked to ARES Procom Net)
  • PSK31 (freq: 3.580 MHz. USB)
  • Echolink (Technet Conference Server 213284) 
  • Packet via Airmail program (EMOARES@jus.gov.on.ca)
    • Note: All traffic during the SET directed to EMO will be handled by the EMO station itself or designated link stations.
     

    EMO Station Assignment

    VE3EMO PEOC Station (11:00 to 14:00 hrs ET)

  • 7.153 Mhz or 3.742 Mhz under the direction of the Ontario NTS Phone Net (VA3OPN)
  • Procom Network IRLP Crossroads reflector 9206, ERA Repeater System (South-Central Ontario) 
  • Simplex 146.460 (within 70km range of Toronto) 
  • Echolink (Technet Conference Server 213284) 
  • Packet via Airmail program (EMOARES@jus.gov.on.ca) 
    • VA3EOT Toronto EOC (11:00 to 14:00 hrs ET) PEOC link station
  • 7.153 Mhz or 3.742 Mhz under the direction of the Ontario NTS Phone Net (VA3OPN)
  • Procom Network IRLP Crossroads reflector 9206, ERA Repeater System (South-Central Ontario) 
  • Simplex 146.460 (within 70km range of Toronto) 
  • PSK31 (freq: 7.070 MHz. USB) 
    • VE3OSC Ontario Science Centre (11:00 to 14:00 hrs) PEOC link station
  • 14.120 Mhz 
  • Simplex 146.460 (within 70km range of Toronto) 
    • Evening

    VE3EMO PEOC Station (18:00 to 21:00 hrs ET)

  • 3.742 Mhz under the direction of the Ontario NTS Phone Net  (VA3OPN)
  • Procom Network IRLP Crossroads reflector 9206, ERA Repeater System (South-Central Ontario) 
  • Simplex 146.460 (within 70km range of Toronto) 
  • Echolink (Technet Conference Server 213284) 
  • Packet via Airmail program (EMOARES@jus.gov.on.ca) 
    • VA3EOT Toronto EOC (18:00 to 21:00 hrs ET) PEOC link station
  • 3.742 Mhz under the direction of the Ontario NTS Phone Net (VA3OPN)
  • Procom Network IRLP Crossroads reflector 9206, ERA Repeater System (South-Central Ontario) 
  • Simplex 146.460 (within 70km range of Toronto) 
  • PSK31 (freq: 3.580 MHz. USB) 
    • Jim Taylor, VA3KU
    EMO ARES Coordinator
    Provincial Emergency Operations Centre
    Website: www.emoares.org