20141115 - Message Handling

Post date: Nov 15, 2014 5:11:18 AM

We discussed some ideas about how we might improve our skills on the radio, both in changing frequency and passing messages.

Some suggestions:

• http://management-games-icebreakers.blogspot.com.au/2010/08/pass-message.html

• http://www.scc-ares-races.org/training/courses/Msg_Passing/Course_Msg_Passing.html

Several ideas were proffered:

• • Everyone gets a word and you collect all the words from everyone else.

  • Pass messages around in a circle across repeaters.

  • Do a game of Chinese whispers.

  • Do a game of hide-and-seek across repeaters.

  • Do a game of chase across repeaters.

Some observations:

• • We shouldn't barge into repeaters that are in use.

  • We should also work on free-tuning contacts, not repeater only.

  • Using the repeater network will focus on getting messages and changing channels. It's a simple way to get started. Later we might change to SSB/FM contacts point-to-point.

  • We should each get an idea of which repeaters we can reach and have programmed into our radios.