Events
Here is the schedule for some of the events that McARCS is planning for 2022 with event coordinators listed:
Until further notice many of these events requiring in-person meetings may have been cancelled due to COVID-19 Quarantine
We can offer communications for other events where ham radio can provide an essential safety or logistical service particularly where other forms of communications are not appropriate or available. SHAKEOUT 2021
Once again McARCS participated in The Great California Shakeout drill exercise this year on October 21, 2021.
Shortly before 10 AM many local nets were activated and record simulated shaking intensity resulting from the simulated earthquake via a net check in on the usual local net frequencies. There was a separate tsunami watch net for those stations on the coast that had concerns about that event. Starting at about 10:10 AM a county-wide net was activated on the county-wide linked repeater system with a call first for participating health care facilities followed by a report from the Mendocino County Office of Education regarding participation from various school district ofices. Following that were reports from the various local nets regarding local operators prepared to pass emergency traffic. After that there was an opportunity for individual stations to check in. The Tsunami net provided a report on wave and bridge conditions after collecting reports from multiple locations. Multiple linked repeaters on the coast coordinated the activities and observations of that net and the final report was made via the county-wide linked repeater system. Following the Tsunami net report, the county-wide linked repeater system was opened for digitally transmitted reports via fldigi/flmsg.
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