Exercise plan and timeline:
- Exercise has a digital element consisting of Winlink messages (DYFI and Welfare via VHF and HF, and a phone element using VHF simplex
- Date: Saturday Oct 23rd
- Simulated Quake timeline 9:15am approx.
- Winlink activity 9:15 to 10 am, VHF/HF as you are able
- Check your house as you would if there had been a real quake.
- Send DYFI message to USGS, CC to dyfi@vccomm.org
- In the Optional Exercise Field of the DYFI form, please enter” SOCAL ARES Shakeout 2021.”
- Send a welfare message to your out-of-town friends and family. Members are encouraged to send messages for their neighbors.
- Phone Simplex VHF check-in 10 to 11am, using 145.615 MHz, VC ACS/ARES Channel 19
- Rob, W6RH, will go up to Rasnow and call for check ins. This is a good opportunity to see who you can hear across the county.
- Winlink activity 9:15 to 10 am, VHF/HF as you are able
- Email updates via CVARC main group