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- Msgid: $RACESBUL.224
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- 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
-