<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Mark.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Planning to be on the air once again Friday, Sept 10 for a little more testing and learning.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It would be interesting if we could expand the system for make FM links out into the country areas as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Guessing at this stage, my closest reachable 2m contact is probably John VK3ZRX. I can reach the VK3RLV repeater from BAirnsdale but uncertain if I can raise John directly. Something to work on for a while. In the mean time, HF it is.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Winlink on Wednesday or Winlink Thursday groups (<a href="https://www.emcomm-training.org/index.html" class="">https://www.emcomm-training.org/index.html</a>) in the USA have some very well organised learning programs with regular check-ins using particular forms each week. I think the Winlink Thursday may have the more accessible documentation. They apparently accept enrolments from OS hams as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Peter</div><div class="">VK3LSN</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><div class="">On 7 Sep 2021, at 6:05 pm, Mark Hudson <<a href="mailto:vk3mdh@gmail.com" class="">vk3mdh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Good afternoon everyone,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">If your around Friday evening between 1930hrs ~ 2130hrs please join us in any capacity you can.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">We’ll have an open Zoom session running as well as a digital emergency training exercise.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">Zoom Details</span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Topic: WICEN Digital Playground N#2<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Time: Sep 10, 2021 19:30 Australia/Melbourne<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Join Zoom Meeting<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88448188662?pwd=Snoyc2FLRlU3NE8xV3dDN0JkNXZXQT09" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 74, 145);" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88448188662?pwd=Snoyc2FLRlU3NE8xV3dDN0JkNXZXQT09</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Meeting ID: 884 4818 8662<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Passcode: 428339<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">Friday Nights Training Exercise – NOTE – This is not how I usually write a emergency training exercise or SOP’s but due to timing and the informality of Friday night here it is.</span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class=""> </span></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">The Aim & Objective - The aim of this week’s exercise is to see how many WICEN stations we can get on air with VARA Winlink. The objective will be the successful passing of several messages by each field station. This exercise also tests having two Melbourne Metropolitan control stations using single frequencies (both on HF & VHF).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">The scenario<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">At 1930hrs all internet & phone communications fail across the state of Victoria due to a unknown “issue” in the states telecommunications systems. This means all agencies are without their usual voice and data systems. A State Emergency Management Plan has been enacted written for this scenario. You have set up your station at your assigned local Police Station. At the Police station senior Police, Fire, Ambulance and possibly SES leaders have assembled.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Your WICEN standard operating procedure says as follows (for this exercise).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm -18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If connecting with VARA FM connect to either VK3EQ or VK3MDH and send a message (email) using VARA FM P2P that you are at your assigned location (please specify your location) and confirm your fully operational. You will get a message back from the Net Control Station acknowledging your message. The NCS will need to reconnect to your station.<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm -18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If your using VARA HF Chat, connect to either VK3EQ or VK3MDH. Leave a message that you are at your assigned location (please specify location) and that your fully operational. You will get an acknowledgement back via chat and then the NCS (Net Control Station) will disconnect.<o:p class=""></o:p></li></ol><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">At approx. 1945hrs ~ 2000hrs. the NCS you logged into will send you Message 1. Via the same radio frequency (method) you checked in on.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">It’s now 2000hrs and at this stage as power has not been affected. Local VHF comms using fire appliances (simplex VHF) have been used to coordinate local responses to any immediate urgent needs for assistance. There is a concern that a long outage could cause the public to panic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">At approx. 2030hrs you will receive message 2. Again you will need to respond to this message.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Note: Your WICEN Vic standard operating procedure for this event states, Rik VK3EQ and Mark VK3MDH will have their Winlink stations on the air on 145.200 in Vara FM P2P mode. For HF they are using 3581khz dial freq using<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">VARA HF Chat.</b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Let’s test the plan and any questions please let me know.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Also few interesting radio video from this week’s lockdown binge.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">P25 Presentation – Emergency Agencies Tasmania<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 74, 145);" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Winlink Portable Operation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(4, 74, 145);" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Cheers,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Mark<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width: 450pt; 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