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Msgid: $RACESBUL.224
TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES/OFFICES VIA THE ARS
INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)427-4281
RACESBUL.224 DATE: June 1, 1992
CATEGORY: MGT
SUBJECT: RACES mission varies with the jurisdiction
The RACES mission varies form one jurisdiction to another
across the nation. In general, it tends to be predominantly
tactical voice modes at the city and county levels. However,
from county to state it tends to be less tactical, but more
administrative and logistical.
In California, recent emphasis on RACES procurement was on
packet radio communications. The growth in packet from l985 to
l990 was phenomenal. It can be said today that a packet terminal
is virtually as important in an EOC as a telephone. By l991 the
majority of counties in California participating in the RACES
acquired the first generation of packet radio terminals; and some
were moving into their second. Thus, at the county to region
level, digital communications (packet, AMTOR, etc.) tends to be
more utilized. However, long haul packet communications are
neither efficient or emergency proof, so the State shifted its
RACES matching funds program emphasis to high frequency single-
sideband radios for county-to-state communications. New
developments in Automatic Link Establishment (see RB.192 in l991)
and NVIS Antennas (RB.152-156) offer exciting possibilities for
HF communications. [If the referenced bulletins are not
available Bulletins-By-Topic in book format is available at cost;
$10 including postage.] ---Stan Harter, KH6GBX
EOM