<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Mark - that group, as I pointed out a week or so back, is NOT the best place for information on this stuff.<div><br></div><div>Please use the official Winlink programs group on Google groups, there will be a multitude of people there that do digipeating and other stuff every day.</div><div><br></div><div>They are the ones to ask. They’ve been there done that many times already, and it is supported by the software developers.</div><div><br></div><div>You can find out a lot about various setups and situations just by reading the mail…. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Tim.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 8 Sep 2021, at 10:56, Mark Hudson <vk3mdh@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In case my YouTube video links where incorrect here they are again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">P25 Tasmania Emergency Agencies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Porttable Winlink Setup<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03t82d8yZkg&t=59s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03t82d8yZkg&t=59s</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mark Hudson <vk3mdh@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 7 September 2021 at 6:05 pm<br>
<b>To: </b>WICEN distn list <wicenvic@vic.wicen.org.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Friday 10th Sept - Digital Playground Training Exercise<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Good afternoon everyone,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If your around Friday evening between 1930hrs ~ 2130hrs please join us in any capacity you can.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We’ll have an open Zoom session running as well as a digital emergency training exercise.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zoom Details</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Topic: WICEN Digital Playground N#2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Time: Sep 10, 2021 19:30 Australia/Melbourne</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Join Zoom Meeting</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88448188662?pwd=Snoyc2FLRlU3NE8xV3dDN0JkNXZXQT09"><span style="color:#044A91">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88448188662?pwd=Snoyc2FLRlU3NE8xV3dDN0JkNXZXQT09</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Meeting ID: 884 4818 8662</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Passcode: 428339</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The scenario</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Your WICEN standard operating procedure says as follows (for this exercise).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color:black">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></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color:black">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></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">At approx. 1945hrs ~ 2000hrs. the NCS you logged into will send you Message 1. Via the same radio frequency (method) you checked in on.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">At approx. 2030hrs you will receive message 2. Again you will need to respond to this message.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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 <b>VARA HF Chat.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Let’s test the plan and any questions please let me know.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Also few interesting radio video from this week’s lockdown binge.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">P25 Presentation – Emergency Agencies Tasmania</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM"><span style="color:#044A91">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE98s0ezgdM</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Winlink Portable Operation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Mark</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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