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

---------------------------------------------------------------------- James T. Fortney, K6IYK Section Manager, ARRL Santa Barbara Section K6IYK@ARRL.org

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