Great California Shake Out Drill

This year’s International ShakeOut Day is October 17 at 10:17 AM when millions of people worldwide will participate in earthquake drills at work, school, or home! This is a good opportunity for licensed Ham Operators to practice their Emergency Communication skills and and to test their readiness. Is your go-kit ready?

At 10:17 a.m., duck, cover, and hold on, (or at least think about what you would do), when you feel the shaking begin. After the shaking stops, take care of yourself, take care of your family, and take care of your neighbors.

Once you are able to, and if it’s safe to do so, grab your go-kit radio and check into the SCARES repeater resource net at 444.500 MHz, + offset, CTCSS=100 Hz; or 146.445 MHz simplex, CTCSS=114.8 Hz.

Mark Reynolds (KN6SRN) will be the emergency net control. Follow his instructions. Remember to say “this is only a drill”, and to give your callsign at the end of each transmission. If you arrive before Mark, you can start and run the net until Mark arrives. Keep a log of who checks in, their locations, status, and availability for deployment. When Mark checks in, make him Net control and pass him your log information.