Two weeks to go. Here is the communications plan. Please program your radios prior to arriving at staging, or at least bring your radio's owner's manual.
INCIDENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS PLAN Date/Time Prepared
10-27-16 1300
Ch # Function Channel Name RX Freq (MHz) RX Tone (kHz) TX freq (MHz) TX Tone (kHz) Remarks
1 Convoy Primary Trail Frequency 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 462.6625 none 462.6625 none FRS CH 5 - Fallback channel in case above channels are too busy
4 Convoy Backup Trail Frequency C 462.6875 none 462.6875 none FRS CH 6 - Fallback channel in case above channels are too busy
5 Convoy Backup Trail Frequency D 27.1250 none 27.1250 none CB CH 14 - 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 Randsburg repeater 145.3400 none 144.7400 100.0 Open repeater
10 Distance Ridgecrest VHF repeater 146.6400 none 146.0400 none Open repeater
11 Distance Ridgecrest UHF repeater 447.0200 none 442.0200 123.0 Open repeater - Linked to Trona VHF
12 Distance Trona repeater 146.9700 none 146.3700 123.0 Open repeater - Linked to Ridgecrest UHF
13 Distance Silver Peak (Bishop) repeater 146.9400 none 146.3400 103.5 Open repeater by Bishop
14 Long Distance Silver Peak WIN rptr 444.6000 none 449.6000 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
15 Long Distance Ridgecrest WIN system rptr 147.9750 none 147.3750 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
16 Long Distance Ridgecrest WIN system rptr 448.8000 none 443.8000 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
17 Long Distance Victorville WIN system rptr 448.9000 none 443.9000 162.2 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
18 Long Distance Palomar WIN system rptr 449.0800 none 444.0800 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
19 Long Distance Hemet WIN system rptr 446.8600 none 441.8600 100.0 WIN system linked repeater, system covers several states
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Prepared By: Incident Location: Rendezvous at Swansea, CA on HWY 136
Sage Bromax County: Inyo State: CA Latitude: 36.5245 N Longitude: -117.905 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.
The WIN system is mostly UHF. See complete listing and site location map here:
http://batchgeo.com/map/dd38a77a78536badb47ce3eeaef65c0a