TEST SETUP OF MOBILE NET CONTROL, July 17, 2021
Photos by Leslie Grimm, Rick VanMell, Forrest Thiessen and Phil Henderson
After the Pandemic, this was the first event where we were able to gather to test setting up equipment for our mobile Net Control Command Center.
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Over the past couple of years, with major effort of EC, Leslie Grimm, Mountain View ARES
has acquired equipment to enable us to build a mobile ARES Net Control command center
in the event our radio shack at 1000 Villa was not available. This equipment included
the pop-up tent shown on the Home page, radios, tables, chairs, antenna stands, a laptop computer
and printer, a solar powered battery system, cables, etc. On Saturday, July 17, 2021,
those in the picture gathered in Forrest's back patio to set up the equipment and
test it out, including the Fire Station 5 mobile packet station. We asked our ARES
members for help in testing out how well our antenna
system could reach throughout Mountain View and nine of our hams volunteered. We
tested using the 440.8 repeater and our primary simplex. We did discover that
simplex was not good for some areas, but with the help of AEC Paul Goldstein, from
his home, we were able to communicate satisfactorily. The one AEC missing was Jim
Weatherford who was on assignment.
The pictures that follow on several pages show roughly the sequence of our setup and shutdown. Forrest had a security camera showing his patio and supplied us with the timelapse video link below this message.
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We gathered to plan where to set up the popup. |
The popup tent and weights |
The tables, antenna stand, foldup cart, other stuff |
Table, chairs, FS-5 mobile kit and other stuff. |
We unpacked the popup to begin the setup |
You need 4 people to expand it, each pulling on a leg |
The popup is expanded to the first level |
And now to the max height. |
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