Thank you all for making our first Radio Free Redoubt-sponsored national disaster preparedness exercise a huge success!
We’ll be broadcasting briefly this evening to discuss the closing of T-Rex 2012. Lots to pack up and lots to do.
Please start thinking about sharing your experiences so we call all learn. Lessons learned. What worked? What didn’t? What are your new priorities? Did you attempt to incorporate communications into your personal exercise? Any success?
#1 Do not try to transport too much water by hand at a time, Hard on the back.#2 Having a good supply of ice in the freezer makes it last longer between generator runs and is good with drinking water.#3 Working with others, even if seperated makes it go better. #4 Using
and pre-prepping your communications is a must. Long haul comms. were
best using psk31. #5 Needed a better understanding about which HF Freq. would be used. #6 A ninty minute run using a computer and a HF
rig was a heavy draw on energy. #7 Making coffee outside on the Coleman stove will keep the house and the wife cooler , sandwitches
also on paper plates .#8 Hang up shower bags before bed time make for better sleep.
Looking forward to the next one. Our team will do better each time !
I was operating as though I had limited time to diseminate some information to would-be ‘Redoubter’s’. I slung a ‘Low Wire’ to try to pick up some NVIS bounce over the Mountains of The Soviet of Washington State (Yes, The Statue of ‘Lenin’; that used to stand in Red Square- Stands in Freaky Freemont in Seattle…true story!).
Anyhow…I was operating in the dark commo-wise! I had Nothing to diseminate to try to help those on the “CH-3 Plan”- over 11 meters/CB here. I did not try to set up a PSK-31 run. If this were a real world SHTF senario; my altruistic hope would be to broadcast while mobile, and hope those folks would be full out ‘DiDi Mao’ to the Redoubt, Like I and my Team-mates would be. I would look forward to picking up comms as I entered the other side of the mountains moving eastward. Possibly be of some help to those on their way there.
While I’m sure there were those sharing info,”Bravo 39er” is right a better HF Freq plan needs to be spooled up!!!
I hope all those that took part in the T-Rex 2012 learned some new things about their; (Plan, Equipment,& Oversight of how they would better approach their ‘Bug-Out’!).
I would look forward to seeing some interim updates about the AAR’s being posted or high-light’s/ Low-light’s being available in a ‘sanitized format’ to release the infor for better future planning!
I found that the WINMOR HF digital worked very well, dependably and allowed excellent distribution of bulletins and mass information as well as personal messaging and ‘normal’ e-mail.
It was encouraging to see so many stations operating.
#1 Do not try to transport too much water by hand at a time, Hard on the back.#2 Having a good supply of ice in the freezer makes it last longer between generator runs and is good with drinking water.#3 Working with others, even if seperated makes it go better. #4 Using
and pre-prepping your communications is a must. Long haul comms. were
best using psk31. #5 Needed a better understanding about which HF Freq. would be used. #6 A ninty minute run using a computer and a HF
rig was a heavy draw on energy. #7 Making coffee outside on the Coleman stove will keep the house and the wife cooler , sandwitches
also on paper plates .#8 Hang up shower bags before bed time make for better sleep.
Looking forward to the next one. Our team will do better each time !
I was operating as though I had limited time to diseminate some information to would-be ‘Redoubter’s’. I slung a ‘Low Wire’ to try to pick up some NVIS bounce over the Mountains of The Soviet of Washington State (Yes, The Statue of ‘Lenin’; that used to stand in Red Square- Stands in Freaky Freemont in Seattle…true story!).
Anyhow…I was operating in the dark commo-wise! I had Nothing to diseminate to try to help those on the “CH-3 Plan”- over 11 meters/CB here. I did not try to set up a PSK-31 run. If this were a real world SHTF senario; my altruistic hope would be to broadcast while mobile, and hope those folks would be full out ‘DiDi Mao’ to the Redoubt, Like I and my Team-mates would be. I would look forward to picking up comms as I entered the other side of the mountains moving eastward. Possibly be of some help to those on their way there.
While I’m sure there were those sharing info,”Bravo 39er” is right a better HF Freq plan needs to be spooled up!!!
I hope all those that took part in the T-Rex 2012 learned some new things about their; (Plan, Equipment,& Oversight of how they would better approach their ‘Bug-Out’!).
I would look forward to seeing some interim updates about the AAR’s being posted or high-light’s/ Low-light’s being available in a ‘sanitized format’ to release the infor for better future planning!
Stay Zeroed!
Dr. QueST
I found that the WINMOR HF digital worked very well, dependably and allowed excellent distribution of bulletins and mass information as well as personal messaging and ‘normal’ e-mail.
It was encouraging to see so many stations operating.
Haaar!
Popeye