I was thinking about a comms plan for the trip so everyone would have it. I thought Sage Bromax's plan from the last WMJR is the way to go:
Ch # Function Channel Name Receive Frequency (MHz) Receive Tone (kHz) Transmit frequency (MHz) Transmit Tone (kHz) Remarks
1 Convoy Primary Trail Frequency (SCCX Simplex) 146.5350 none 146.5350 none Main group channel
2 Convoy Backup Trail Frequency A 146.4750 none 146.4750 none Fallback channel in case above channel is too busy
3 Convoy Backup Trail Frequency B 146.4900 none 146.4900 none Fallback channel in case above channels are too busy
4 Convoy Backup Trail Frequency C 147.4800 none 147.4800 none Fallback channel in case above channels are too busy
5 Convoy Backup Trail Frequency D 146.5500 none 146.5500 none Fallback channel in case above channels are too busy
6 Travel - Hailing National VHF Simplex 146.5200 none 146.5200 none Wilderness Protocol and general hailing
7 Travel - Hailing National UHF Simplex 446.0000 none 446.0000 none Wilderness Protocol and general hailing
8 Distance Victorville repeater 146.9400 none 146.3400 91.5 Open repeater
9 Distance Barstow VHF repeater 147.1800 none 147.7800 151.4 Open repeater - Linked to Ludlow and Newberry Springs
10 Distance Ludlow VHF repeater 147.8850 none 147.2850 none Open repeater - Linked to Barstow and Newberry Springs
11 Distance Newberry Springs VHF repeater 146.7000 none 146.1000 none Open repeater - Linked to Ludlow and Barstow
12 Distance Las Vegas VHF repeater 146.8800 none 146.2800 100.0 Open repeater by Las Vegas on Mt. Potosi
13 Distance Needles VHF repeater 146.7600 none 146.1600 131.8 Open repeater by Needles
14 Long Distance Silver Peak (Bishop) WIN repeater 444.6000 none 449.6000 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
15 Long Distance Ridgecrest WIN system repeater 147.9750 none 147.3750 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
16 Long Distance Ridgecrest WIN system repeater 448.8000 none 443.8000 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
17 Long Distance Barstow WIN system repeater 449.0800 none 444.0800 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
18 Long Distance Victorville WIN system repeater 448.9000 none 443.9000 162.2 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
19 Long Distance Palomar (San Diego) WIN system repeater 449.0800 none 444.0800 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
20 Long Distance Hemet WIN system repeater 446.8600 none 441.8600 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
Prepared By: Incident Location: Mojave Desert
Sage Bromax County: San Bernardino State: CA Latitude: 35.00 N Longitude: -115.6500 W
Use the minimum power level necessary for clear communications.
Use repeaters for initial contact, or in case of emergency. When within range, switch to a simplex frequency.
Other request I have is someone to volunteer to herd cats on the trip? I should have the hotel group rate code in the next few days so stand by for that. We can come up with a CB channel for the non-hams prior to leaving if you wish. If anyone has anything they would like to bring up please by all means.
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