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Get Ready in the Park

Part of Canada's Emergency Preparedness Week

The Event Net Control station on 2 metres
This is Edmonton's opportunity to show off it's emergency responders. NARC and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) play an integral role in the City of Edmonton's Emergency plans and so we were invited to show off some of the capabilities of amateur radio and its role to help the public in times of emergency or disaster.
NVIS short range communication station of HF We demonstrated amateur television (ATV), Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS), VHF voice comminication and HF short range (NVIS) communication. The centre point for the radio demonstration was the NARC Pac II mobile emergency communications centre.
ARES ran a VHF voice communications exercise using the Southern Alberta Radio Assoc. (SARA) repeater linking system between Edmonton and Calgary. SARA VHF messaging exercise radio station
The mayor of Edmonton even took time out for a tour of the NARC Pac II trailer.
The Mayor of Edmonton visits NARCPAC II

David VE6DXX
NARC Emergency Communications Director