The Exercise is a reliability check of the Amateur Radio equipment at these local hospitals:Region 1 Rockford Memorial, Mendota Community Hospital Mendota, Perry Memorial Hospital Princeton, Region 2 OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Peoria, Illinois Valley Community Hospital Peru, OSF St Elizabeth Ottawa,St. Margaret’s Health Spring Valley, St. Mary’s Hospital Streator. Objective 1 is to record equipment performance (SWR and minimum power needed to contact each hospital), Objective 2 is to contact the respective Region 1 or 2 POD/RHCC hospital. I ask all stations to begin the exercise on W9MKS 147.12 + 103.5 and, if a second VFO is available, monitor 146.55. Nets and/or frequencies used (including repeater call signs):
Call RX Freq TX Freq Tone Mode Remarks Repeater
W9MKS 147.1200 W CSQ 147.7200 W 103.5 A Leonore SRRC Echolink 234725
WB9NTG 146.9550 W CSQ 146.3550 W 103.5 A Princeton RCBARC Echolink 681139 via W9ZHB-R
K9WRA 147.2550 W CSQ 147.8550 W 103.5 A Metamora WCRA Echolink 710520
W9UVI 147.0750 W CSQ 147.6750 W 103.5 A Washington PAARC
N9ECQ 147.1650 W CSQ 147.7650 W 146.2 A Oregon OGLE C OEM
WA9CJN 146.7300 W CSQ 146.1300 W 100 A Malta KARC Repeater
Sim1 146.5500 W CSQ 146.5500 W CSQ A Simplex Primary
Sim2 147.5400 W CSQ 147.5400 W CSQ A Simplex Secondary