Introduction to Our EmergencyCommunications System andRadio Equipment
Compare Book Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 Section 2.1
Why Are We Asking For Your Help?
Our Purpose – Assist with Priesthood LeaderCommunications needed to serve each otherduring disasters
We can’t ask God to give complete disaster plans andneed alerts to leaders when we take no thought
Disasters often disrupt regular communications
Phone Systems very dependent on switching andrelay stations + physical lines
Our selective loss during wind and winter storms 2007
Many people use cordless phones – don’t workwithout power
90% of St. Louis Stakes lost phone contact during AmerenOutages
Have at least one old fashion direct jack wall phone
Other Systems
Cell Phones
Bunkers have duplicate equipment, cooling,generators and back-up batteries
Towers are not duplicate – very limited rangeneed a lot for a network
Use Cable Lines for tower linkages
Very limited capacity
Back-up Systems Such as SatellitePhones and very expensive – needregular maintenance – usually only in afew places
Also do poorly under humid conditions (Katrina101)
What We Have Going For Us
Priesthood leaders regularly deal withpeoples physical and spiritual problems
They are not trained and then forget becausethey don’t use
Amateur Radio
Equipment widely dispersed among members
Used for hobby or practice so we know it works
Does not depend on complex networks
Radio to radio (simplex)
Its hard to “get us all”
What We Are About
We are about communications – notamateur radio
If a phone line works then use it
Family First
Check your families needs ahead ofcommunication
Don’t go in debt to be a radio operator
What Do We Ask?
Get an Amateur (Ham) Radio License
Pay a $14 fee to take a test
Get 26 out of 35 questions on a multiple choice exam
Study (prayer is not cheating – just don’t do anOliver Cowdry)
(your license is good for 10 years with free renewalsfor the rest of your life)
Get a radio set-up (mobiles suggested)
In your budget and works are most important traits
Participate in weekly practice nets / help inannual emergency drills
Seek additional emergency training as yourtime and circumstances allow
How We Are Organized
Stake Presidency
Stake Net Manager
Phil Nash AC0IB
Stake Trainer
Bishops and BranchPresidents
Ward Branch Net ControlManager
Ward or Branch
AROs
High Counselor Advisor
Jackie Calbert
SLAP-N
St. Louis Bishops Storehouse – Chris Pixton
Stake Organizations
How to Pass A Test
All Questions are from a standard pool that isavailable for study
Questions are 4 choice multiple choice or true andfalse
They can change which answer is A, B, C, or D, butthey cannot change the words
Ways to attack
Get a copy of the question pool and highlight thequestion and the text of the answer
Took me about 3 – 4 hours reading carefully as Iwent
Use internet web sites to take practice tests
Come to class – listen – ask questions
Prayer is legal
How Do I Get A Copy of the QuestionPool?
Get an electronic file from the instructor
Print it out and highlight
Do it all on screen and save your printingand copying money
Libraries often have public computer terminals
Buy a Book which has the question poolat the back
We have them at $23 each but we do notrequire you to buy one
They are good references but we understandmoney limits
There Are 10 Subject Areas
#1 FCC rules and licenses 4 questions
#2 Radio Operator Duties 4 questions
#3 Radio Operating Practices 4 questions
#4 Radio Electronics (a geek unit) 5 questions
#5 Setting up and running radio equipment 4questions
#6 How Radios Code Signals (a geek unit) 3questions
#7 Radio Contests and Satellite contacts 2questions
#8 Emergency Communications 3 questions
#9 How Radio Waves Travel (a geek unit) 3questions
#10 Safety with Electricity and Radio Waves 3questions
Pool Lets You See How ManyQuestions in Each Area
Area 4 has 4 Questions on the test
Questions labeled 4A01, 4A02, 4A03 etc.
4B01, 4B02 etc.
One of the 4A questions, one of the 4B andone of the 4C and one of the 4D questions willappear
Some subject areas may not click for youas well as others
You don’t need a perfect score – be willing tomiss a few questions if a particular subject justwon’t click for you
Using the Book and Our Presentations
Book Chapters do not match the questionpool sections
Book does tell you which questions to look atafter reading
My slides also give question answers
The Text that answers a test poolquestion is in bold red
(Right After that is small finer print red text that gives the questionnumber that was just answered)
The Question Pool also tells you the answer
T4C05 (A)
When you see the A it means that the text belowfor choice A is the right answer
Remember to underline the text of the answer –just because it was A in the pool doesn’t meanthe text will be under A on the test
Radio Services
Amateur or Ham Radio
FCC divies up different parts of the “radiospectrum” for different purposes
Broadcast TV
Broadcast FM Radio Service
Some Radio Services are for Citizen use –most powerful needs a license
Amateur Radio Service is issued a license(T1D01)
Don’t need a license for CB radio or a littleFamily radio service radio from Walmart (ofcourse only going to get about ½ mile to 4miles)
Equipment for Amateur Radio
Radio waves travel through air – invisible wave orelectricity and magnetic fields (electromagneticradiation)
To code your voice into radio waves and thensend it you need a Transmitter (T4C02)
T4C02 “What is used to convert sounds from yourvoice into radio signals”
A. Transmitter
B. Receiver
C. Speaker
D. Amplifier
Question will have (A) written by it to tell you thecorrect answer is A = transmitter
More Equipment
To convert radio waves back into soundyou need a Receiver (T4C01)
Today we usually pack both a transmitterand a receiver into one box and call it aTransceiver (T4C03)
Talk into a microphone – microphonewill connect to a transmitter (T5A01)
Trick talk across the mike so you don’t soundbreathy
Receivers create sound using a speaker
If the room is noisy may want to useHeadphones (T5A04)
To Power a Radio
Most Radios are designed forbattery power
Same as a car battery (because radiosare intended to go in cars a lot of thetime)
Household wall outlet electricity has alot more punch than a car battery
To convert wall outlet power to be likebattery power you use a PowerSupply (T4C04)
How to Increase Radio Range
Tim Taylor Solution – More Power
To increase the power of your radio you use anAmplifier (T4C05)
Put the Antenna on higher point
I’m not sure about a 30 foot antenna tower onmy car.
A Repeater (T5C01)
Put a receiver part way between and have itread a signal and then retransmit it
Called “Duplex”
Especially useful for increasing range or cars orHTs