Hello all!
RUSS is back in swing for 2022! Please see below for the 2022 dates and information. There will be confirmed locations set up at the following:
- Emerald Park at 1455 S Harris Dr, Mesa, AZ 85204
- Sereno Park at 5702 E Sweetwater Ave Scottsdale, AZ 85254
- at the ramada behind the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 2228 E. Brown Rd., Mesa, AZ 85213
- there are likely other locations as well (You may participate from any location of your choice.)
ALSO - NEW!!! - The folks at AEN-MAR will be in attendance to one or more of these events and will hold a field training session on a related emcomm topic. This month, they will be holding a drill at Emerald Park in Mesa.
? RUSS, Radio Under Sun Shade - Also Known as "Radio in the Park" - RITP ?
Back again for the fall and winter, beginning on.....
Saturday, January 8th, 10 AM till 2 PM (1000 to 1400)
Great weather! Perfect for another Radio in the Park or Radio Under Sun Shade event!
Here are the RUSS event dates for all of 2022:
1/08, 2/05, 3/12, 4/09, 10/08, 11/19
You will find below a brief description of the event's objective and activities:
*What is it?* *Here's the recipe:*
- take several ham radio stations and antenna systems
- add portable power - generators, batteries, solar power
- add some experienced hams
- include an open invitation to new hams, experienced hams, and anyone else
- publish a valley wide talk-in frequency of 146.460 MHz (PL of 77 Hz); if operating HF, 7.178 MHz LSB
- We also try to monitor 446.000 MHz as a back up frequency to 146.460 MHz.
- replicate this recipe several times over in the Valley at the same time
*What is the objective?*
- Engage in as many contacts as possible across the Valley using a VHF simplex frequency of 146.460 MHz or HF frequency of 7.178 MHz LSB while operating off grid power, If possible.
*What is the result?*
- An excellent opportunity to learn about ham radio and ham radio operators.
- A great opportunity to learn about the type of equipment available - portable, mobile, base radios, antennas, coax, cables, solar arrays, solar controllers, and more.
- A great opportunity to learn about the importance of basic emergency radio principles.
- An opportunity to actually use the radio equipment and speak to local hams and distant hams hundreds or thousands of miles away -- even if you are not a ham!
It is a hands-on learning experience that is unequaled. We have had many of these events over the last 12 years and every one of them has been a tremendous success.
The hosts of these events have one key objective - to relate the fun, facts, and usefulness of ham radio while exercising emergency communications via simplex and off-grid power.
*Where and When? (Mesa, Phoenix, and Queen Creek Usually)* - More locations are possible and, if they are confirmed, an update notice will be sent out.
The event will run from 10 AM (10:00) till 2 PM (14:00).
- Heidi K7ZAE
Joe Sammartino