👍🏻👍🏻 EXCELLENT Video!! I sure wish I had your video series as a resource/ tool when developing our public-safety / OEM ICS based comm. plan back in the “interoperability years” post-9/11. Very well organized and presented. We have migrated from a 4-channel simplex vhf-low (42.xx / 46.xx) “system” with horrific gear. (imagine the quest to keep locating used MT1000’s and P200lb’s that still functioned)😆 to a UHF T-Band multi-repeater / multi channel system. Things were grand.... everything worked consistently and considerably better than decades past. (Located in a medium sized community w/volunteer based fire/EMS - in a NJ “UASI” metro area) Then came the disgusting OBAMA years... UASI funding cuts & T- BAND GIVEBACK disguised inside a Demoncrat “Stimulus Act”. We were forced to migrate SOMEWHERE while awaiting the confiscation of our 6 freq pairs located slightly above 470mhz. So.. joined the statewide 700/800 P25 phase2 trunking system. Total nightmare. And EXPENSIVE with little redundancy/ back-up options... each radio charged a “subscriber fee”. In our area, VHF-high / UHF works much better due to the terrain, so this was really a jump back. We purchased APX8000’s and 8500’s for multi band operations and so we could possibly utilize the T-Band Freqs should someone in DC wise up. “Portable only” became difficult and I kind of reminisced about the old “Pack-RT / PL” days with mobile repeaters using the vehicle radio for primary comms and HT-220 portables on the go. 🤣 But... YET ANOTHER TRUMP ACHIEVEMENT (dear haters= suck it!) THE T-BAND GIVEBACK WAS RESCINDED!! 🇺🇸 Just last week, my modifications to our FCC license were processed by our freq. coordinator! We are going back to T-Band! End of story. 😀
In doing some additional reading on this, there were a couple sources that gave info about using "pan-pan pan-pan pan-pan" as a call for assistance but when life and limb at not at risk. Do you know if this is good info?
The information from someone responsible for knowing such things told me that it indicates urgency and that it should be followed by a general description of the urgency. If the urgency is life threatening use mayday.
@@viewatyourownrisk You are welcome. Here is an excellent reference to add to your library : www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CGTTP_6-01_1B_Radiotelephone_Handbook.pdf
Bret, indeed there are too much info and narrated too fast. It worth adding some more layman explanations, doubling the time and spiting the video in 2.(in your leisure)
The original was 45 minutes long. The gist of the video is : To use common terminology Develop a system for tactical callsign assignment. Your Tactical (working channels) are the foundation of your plan. Coordinate with your neighbors and others you may work with before radio becomes your only option. To always include common frequencies to contact others and work with others whom you may not have coordinated with previously. Place these in one bank, zone , or group in all of your radio programming templates. Understand the resources for distress calling available to you and plan for their use. Choose a simple easily accessible simplex channel to coordinate with others in your group in the event of plan failure. Develop a protocol for its implementation and train on it. Practice using a Personnel Accountability Report to ensure no one gets lost in the mix Dont forget to add frequencies you use to enhance your situational awareness into your programming template. Build templates for your fleet of radios taking all of this into consideration. I hope this helps and thanks for watching !
This is very very helpful
👍🏻👍🏻 EXCELLENT Video!!
I sure wish I had your video series as a resource/ tool when developing our public-safety / OEM
ICS based comm. plan back in the “interoperability years” post-9/11.
Very well organized and presented.
We have migrated from a 4-channel simplex vhf-low (42.xx / 46.xx) “system” with horrific gear.
(imagine the quest to keep locating used MT1000’s and P200lb’s that still functioned)😆
to a UHF T-Band multi-repeater / multi channel system.
Things were grand.... everything worked consistently and considerably better than decades past.
(Located in a medium sized community w/volunteer based fire/EMS - in a NJ “UASI” metro area)
Then came the disgusting OBAMA years... UASI funding cuts & T- BAND GIVEBACK
disguised inside a Demoncrat “Stimulus Act”.
We were forced to migrate SOMEWHERE while awaiting the confiscation of our 6 freq pairs
located slightly above 470mhz. So.. joined the statewide 700/800 P25 phase2 trunking system.
Total nightmare.
And EXPENSIVE with little redundancy/ back-up options... each radio charged a “subscriber fee”.
In our area, VHF-high / UHF works much better due to the terrain, so this was really a jump back.
We purchased APX8000’s and 8500’s for multi band operations and so we could possibly utilize the T-Band Freqs
should someone in DC wise up.
“Portable only” became difficult and I kind of reminisced about the old “Pack-RT / PL” days with mobile repeaters
using the vehicle radio for primary comms and HT-220 portables on the go. 🤣
But... YET ANOTHER TRUMP ACHIEVEMENT (dear haters= suck it!)
THE T-BAND GIVEBACK WAS RESCINDED!! 🇺🇸
Just last week, my modifications to our FCC license were processed by our freq. coordinator!
We are going back to T-Band!
End of story. 😀
Thank you ! I am glad you are enjoying my content. Thanks for watching !
Well done. Lots of solid content. Please continue.
Thank you and thanks for watching ! More on the way.
Thanks for sharing you are awesome, your series has been teaching me alot!
Thank you. I am glad the series has been helping you. Thanks for watching !
Great info for CommSpecs at any level
Al Studt Thank you Al ! I'm sorry I will miss your USNG meeting at FRE this year. Thanks for Watching !
In doing some additional reading on this, there were a couple sources that gave info about using "pan-pan pan-pan pan-pan" as a call for assistance but when life and limb at not at risk.
Do you know if this is good info?
I have just the person to ask
The information from someone responsible for knowing such things told me that it indicates urgency and that it should be followed by a general description of the urgency. If the urgency is life threatening use mayday.
@@survivalcomms Thanks Bret
@@viewatyourownrisk You are welcome. Here is an excellent reference to add to your library : www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CGTTP_6-01_1B_Radiotelephone_Handbook.pdf
@@survivalcomms Thank You. I'll give this a once over and add it to the commo library.
PTT is Push To Talk...not Push To Think!
Yes it get frustrating for sure. Thanks for watching !
Bret, indeed there are too much info and narrated too fast. It worth adding some more layman explanations, doubling the time and spiting the video in 2.(in your leisure)
The original was 45 minutes long. The gist of the video is :
To use common terminology
Develop a system for tactical callsign assignment.
Your Tactical (working channels) are the foundation of your plan.
Coordinate with your neighbors and others you may work with before radio becomes your only option.
To always include common frequencies to contact others and work with others whom you may not have
coordinated with previously. Place these in one bank, zone , or group in all of your radio programming templates.
Understand the resources for distress calling available to you and plan for their use.
Choose a simple easily accessible simplex channel to coordinate with others in your group in the event of plan failure. Develop a protocol for its implementation and train on it. Practice using a Personnel Accountability Report to ensure no one gets lost in the mix
Dont forget to add frequencies you use to enhance your situational awareness into your programming template.
Build templates for your fleet of radios taking all of this into consideration.
I hope this helps and thanks for watching !
This is very very helpful
Thank you and thanks for watching !