Wilderness Protocol Video
Scott WA9STI has shared a You Tube video created by a friend, Jerry KG6HQD describing the use and value of the Wilderness Protocol.
youtu.be/OoXMeD8ngEQ
Scott WA9STI has shared a You Tube video created by a friend, Jerry KG6HQD describing the use and value of the Wilderness Protocol.
youtu.be/OoXMeD8ngEQ
Wilderness Protocol
Please review this email message from Scott, WA9STI, addressing the Wilderness Protocol, followed by the Wilderness Protocol as published in the ARES/RACES Field Resources Manual.
Attached is information about the Wilderness Protocol which essentially is how to use 146.52 simplex while in the backcountry or during an emergency situation when you want to conserve your battery. While one may think there are not too many places in Northern WI where this procedure would be necessary, certainly if one were lost in the UP it could come in handy. I discuss the Protocol in my SOTA presentations. I believe all hams should be familiar with it because one never knows what kind of situation one may end up in. Although the Protocol mentions all simplex calling frequencies, I suggest just proposing it being used only on 146.52 MHz. This protocol is also published in the ARRL Repeater Directory.
Scott
WA9STI
Appendix 6
Wilderness Protocol
The Wilderness protocol (see page 101, August 1995 QST) calls for hams in the wilderness to announce their presence on, and to monitor, the national calling frequencies for five minutes beginning at the top of the hour, every three hours from 7 AM to 7 PM while in the back country. A ham in a remote location may be able to relay emergency information through another wilderness ham who has better access to a repeater. National calling frequencies: 52.525, 146.52, 223.50, 446.00, 1294.50 MHz
ARES/RACES Field Resources Manual
Please review this email message from Scott, WA9STI, addressing the Wilderness Protocol, followed by the Wilderness Protocol as published in the ARES/RACES Field Resources Manual.
Attached is information about the Wilderness Protocol which essentially is how to use 146.52 simplex while in the backcountry or during an emergency situation when you want to conserve your battery. While one may think there are not too many places in Northern WI where this procedure would be necessary, certainly if one were lost in the UP it could come in handy. I discuss the Protocol in my SOTA presentations. I believe all hams should be familiar with it because one never knows what kind of situation one may end up in. Although the Protocol mentions all simplex calling frequencies, I suggest just proposing it being used only on 146.52 MHz. This protocol is also published in the ARRL Repeater Directory.
Scott
WA9STI
Appendix 6
Wilderness Protocol
The Wilderness protocol (see page 101, August 1995 QST) calls for hams in the wilderness to announce their presence on, and to monitor, the national calling frequencies for five minutes beginning at the top of the hour, every three hours from 7 AM to 7 PM while in the back country. A ham in a remote location may be able to relay emergency information through another wilderness ham who has better access to a repeater. National calling frequencies: 52.525, 146.52, 223.50, 446.00, 1294.50 MHz
ARES/RACES Field Resources Manual
