The ARRL Santa Barbara Section will be conducting an Intra-Section 
Communication Exercise on Thursday, October 20th, starting at 1000 
Hours.  All Amateurs capable of operating on the exercise frequencies 
are invited to participate.
One of the Section goals for 2016 is to improve the communications 
between Amateurs in the Section.  Several efforts have been in 
process this year to publicize our many Nets and to implement 
supplemental electronic communications.  This exercise will 
investigate the ability to use RF capabilities to communicate 
information across the whole Section at one time and to involve a 
large number of operators in a Net environment.
If you are available to join in this test, please try to access the 
portal in your area and check-in with Net Control using your Call 
Suffix.  You will be asked to report your Callsign, Location (City), 
and the repeater you are using for access.
The Exercise will start at 1000 hours and continue to 1045 
Hours.  Stations do not need to remain on frequency for the entire 
net and should have plenty of time to participate in any local Great 
Shake-Out activity or the special CalOES or SWOES Nets being held 
during the same time frame.
The following repeaters will be part of this exercise:
W6FM   147.360 MHz (127.3 Hz) Mt Lowe - San Luis Obispo
W6RRN  448.760 MHz (131.8 Hz) Santa Ynez Pk - Santa Barbara
W6RRN  448.600 MHz (141.3 Hz) Rasnow Pk - Thousand Oaks
W6RRN  445.800 MHz (141.3 Hz) Chatsworth Peak - Simi Valley
Your participation will be appreciated.
- JimF  K6IYK
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James T. Fortney, K6IYK
Section Manager, ARRL Santa Barbara Section
K6IYK(a)ARRL.org
  "It is not the class of license the Amateur holds,
but the class of the Amateur that holds the license."
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