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.