The Standard Load

Last NET we talked about "The Standard Load"  This is a standard programming sequence designed to make your radio operations faster and easier. It is also designed to give you local control over your own frequencies while somewhat standardizing channels and channel names county-wide.

We have 10 memory slots allocated for club use.  I am looking for suggestions as to what we should put there.  Below are a few of my suggestions.  If you have a suggestions add it to the comments below.

Channel	Receive Frequency	Site Name	Notes
21	146.700	Wasatch F SLC - Salt Lake	Repeater
22	147.580	West Valley City (Secondary Frequency)	Simp
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Fire Station 75 Antenna Install

We successfully installed a new antenna on Station 75 Saturday.  The weather was great!

We had a request to move the radios from their existing location to a new location so we will need to schedule a time to do that.  Once done this station will be good to go!

West Valley City Packet NET Poll

November In Person Meet

This Saturday, November 11th, is our monthly in person meeting at 9:00 AM.  As of right now the plan is to meet at fire station 75 which is located at 3660 South 1950 West  You can also find directions here: https://goo.gl/maps/RhnHauRJXSn.  We will be working to install the antennas and radio at this location.  This should be a bit less involved then last months install as the coax is already ran.

If things don't work out due to weather issues we will meet at station 72, which is by the West Valley Fitness center.  We will do training on how to use the new packet radio system.

Please check the website the day of the event for any changes.  Below is the existing setup.

Yes that is a dot matrix printer and a laptop with Windows 95 on it!

Looks like two antennas up there.  We won't know the condition until we get up there.  Ladder truck anyone?

Fire Drill for 11/2/2017 NET

For Thursday's Net (11/2/2017) we are asking that you go to the fire station you selected in the Operator Portal.  Unless you are invited in, you will just meet in front of the building or parking lot, whichever is most convenient and out of the way.  I know this goes without saying, but please be respectful of the property and of the people who work there.  The fire stations are aware that you are coming. 

If you have not assigned yourself a station please go to http://portal.wvcarc.com, register and select a station.  This is a great opportunity to make sure your go kit is ready for possible deployment and that you are able to communicate effectively.  This will also give us an idea of what communications challenges we may need to address in the future.  This Net will be conducted over our simplex frequency which is 147.580 Mhz.  We will also be monitoring our normal Net frequency of 146.700 Mhz, negative offset 100 hz tone.  Hope to hear from each of you!

Saturday Antenna Install

We successfully installed two 2 meter / 70 cm antennas on Fire Station 73 last Saturday.  A special thanks goes out to all those who participated.  It was a cold roof and KG7RZX had to climb into the attic as well, but we got the job done!  The end result was two functioning antennas, a  radio, and laptop all setup and ready for action!

October In Person Meet

This Saturday, October 14th, is our monthly in person meeting at 9:00 AM.  As of right now the plan is to meet at fire station 73 which is located at 2834 S. 2700 W.  You can also find directions here: https://goo.gl/maps/S5jW5jVF4Gs.  We will be working to install the antennas and radio at this location.  I will post a list of things to bring a little later in the week.

If things don't work out due to weather or construction issues we will meet at station 72, which is by the West Valley Fitness center.  We will do training on how to use the new packet radio system.