West Central Florida Section ARES Simulated Emergency Test 2018
DATE, TIME, AND OBJECT OF SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST
DATE: Spring 2018 – Exact date to be announced
TIME: 0900-1130
OBJECT: County EOC’s within the West Central Florida Section to communicate with the other county EOC’s by one or more varied methods. To encourage participation there will be friendly competition between counties.
This is an also identical repeat of the SET held on Saturday August 12th. There will be some point modifications to the original point categories. Otherwise, the goal of the SET is the same as the SET on Saturday August 12th
WCF SECTION SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST 2017
(Past Event – For reference purposes only)
FREQUENCY LIST AND POINTS CHART
Please click here for the 2017 WCF Section ARES SET
frequency, rules, and competition points form – PDF Format
SCHEDULE:
0900 – 0945: Each of the County EOC’s to communicate with the County EOC’s that surround their respective counties, regardless of frequency and or mode. Bonus points for making contact with other counties on HF. Neither SARNET or NI4CE Repeater System will not be used for this portion of the drill. Each county EOC may contact any other county EOC on any simplex
frequency, local or local linked repeater system as some of our counties have linked repeater systems in their county (e.g.: WC4PEM/R in Polk County).
1000 – 1115: Each of the County EOC’s to communicate with the State EOC on HF Phone. Relays on HF are permitted and encouraged.
1000 – 1115: Each of the County EOC’s to communicate NVIS on HF Phone within the WCF Section. Relays on HF are permitted and encouraged.
COMPETITION RULES AND POINTS:
RULES: Each county EOC may contact any other county EOC on any simplex frequency or an a local or local linked repeater system as some of our counties have linked repeater systems in their county (e.g.: WC4PEM/R in Polk County). Use of the Florida SARNet and the NI4CE Repeater System is not permitted for the purpose of the SET. Contact on the HF frequencies designated is also permitted and encouraged and relays are permitted and encouraged.
POINTS: The following is a brief description of the points categories for each EOC entry. For details, please click on the link above for full rules and points descriptions
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- Simplex VHF or Simplex UHF Contact with another county EOC – 5 points each.
- Local or local linked repeater system contact with county another EOC – 5 points each.
- HF Contact with another county EOC – 10 points each.
- Digital communications modes contact with another county EOC regardless of mode – 5 points each.
- NVIS Contacts Made to County EOC(s), Official Emergency Stations or State EOC – 50 points each.
- Digital Contacts Made all Modes to County EOC(s), Official Emergency Stations or State EOC – 25 points each.
FREQUENCY CHART FOR WCF COUNTIES FOR VHF/UHF OPERATIONS
| COUNTY | EC OR DESIGNEE | CALL(S) TO BE USED | VHF SIMPLEX | UHF SIMPLEX | REPEATER(S) |
| Charlotte | Roger Weatherley W3IGM | KK4ZSC | 147.585 | 433.000 | W4XE/R: 146.745 PL – 136.5 Hz. |
| DeSoto | Doug Christ KN4YT | KN4YT | 146.555 | W4MIN/R: 147.180 147.075 PL – 100.0 Hz |
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| Hardee | Darrell Davis KT4WX | N4EMH | 146.535 | 446.075 | N4EMH/R: 146.625 PL – 127.3 Hz. |
| Highlands | Randy Payne K4EZM (NVIS Fred Seely AA4ME) | W4HEM | 146.535 | 446.000 | W4HEM/R: 145.330 PL – 100.0 Hz. |
| Hillsborough | Jon Rubin KJ4NYD Larry Gispert KR4X – NVIS | KF4ATP | 146.430 | ||
| Manatee | Ed Skalecki NI4MX | K4GG |
147.480 | 430.300 | KF4MBN/R 147.195 PL 103.5 Hz. K4GG/R: 146.820 PL 100.0 Hz. |
| Pasco | Ralph McCullough WA3YFQ | W4PEM | 146.430 | WA4GDN/R: 146.670 145.330 K4EX/R: 146.880 PL – 146.2 Hz. |
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| Pinellas | Clayton Parrott KJ4RUS | W4ACS | 146.430 | W4ACS/R: 145.170 443.400 PL – 156.7 Hz |
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| Polk | Jim Stewart W4XDS | WC4PEM | 146.535 147.510 | 446.900 |
WC4PEM/R 146.985 444.950 444.625 444.950 PL – 127.3 Hz |
| Sarasota | Bob Davisson KA4BOB – EOC Bob Morgan KJ4SV Rick Brown AJ4FW |
WC4EM | 146.550 | 446.000 | N4SER/R: 146.730 147.390 PL – 100. 0 Hz WC4EM/R 443.550 PL – 100.0 Hz. |
| Florida DEM | Robert Little : State EOC |
K4EOC | HF Net: 80M 3.950 40M 7.240 Alt 7.245 | ||