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Hospital Drills in 2013

The San Joaquin County EMS Agency holds an emergency communications drill for hospitals and clinics at 1pm on the fourth Thursday of odd-numbered months. All licensed Amateurs are invited to check in and hear the kind of messages we might pass during a real emergency.

Dates in 2013 are:

  • 5/23
  • 7/25
  • 9/26
  • 11/28

The drill takes place on the 146.655 - PL 100.0 repeater. Please join us and participate.

Dear Reader:

This is my site and reflects my opinion. It is intended to offer ideas, examples and suggestions. It is not saying that I am right and you are wrong. This is a big world and EMCOMM is at least a little different in every locale. I am trying to discuss issues and uncover best practices. If you do things differently or have questions or comments, please share and help educate us all.

N5FDL/R Mt. Oso

This site is at 3200 feet on the north peak of Mt. Oso in Stanislaus County, 7 miles west of Westley.

443.825 + PL 107.2

This is a low-power, 2-watt repeater (thank you, PAVE PAWS) with a hot receive section. Thus, you can hit this repeater well into Stockton and the received signal will sound good, but weak and maybe noisy. Still a usuable repeater. Try it sometime. There is another repeater in the Fresno area on this frequency.

146.895 - PL 114.8

This repeater is going to be replaced with a machine that hears better, has a bit more power, and is connected to a new and better antenna. But it works, especially if you aren’t really close.

The VHF and UHF repeaters will eventually be linked.