2020 Dec. 31 - Scouts Troop 33 - Nico's Eagle Project

SCOUT TROUP 33 HAM Radio Drill with / LOS ALTOS AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE (LAARES)

• Scout leader: Nico (K6NIB)

• Scout trainees: Nathan, Warren, MacKenzie, Jason, Derek

• HAM operators: Christian (K6CHB), Harry (N6GUY), John (W6JMK)

CONTROL 1 is a Control Center base station in Lincoln park (at the level of Safeway)

• Nico (K6NIB) trained the scouts to setup a control center with canopy + table + 2 chairs + power generator + LAARES packet station with battery and tall antenna

• Then Christian (K6CHB) + scout #1 operated Control 1 for packet communications (on W3XSC) to exchange messages with ROVER 1

ROVER 1 is a car mounted mobile station in Lincoln park (at the church level)

• Nico (K6NIB) demonstrated the mobile station setup to scouts: car roof antenna, Yaesu FTM-400XDR 50w, Kantronics KPC-3 plus modem, and his laptop (with OutpostThen

• Nico (K6NIB) + scout #2 operated Rover 1 to act as NET CONTROL to CRAWLER 1, 2 AND 3 and use packet communications (on W3XSC) to report messages with CONTROL 1

CRAWLER 1, 2 and 3 are handheld radio operators on foot

• Nico (K6NIB) trained the to operate a HAM mobile radio (Yaesu FT-3DR) just like a popular walky-talky two ways family radio (FRS/GMRS).

• Nico (K6NIB) trained the scouts on radio conversation protocol, including spelling out complex words using the ITI phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc. provided as appendix)

• CRAWLER 1, 2 and 3 are performed by Scouts 4,5, and 6

• ROVER 1 dispatches CRAWLER 1, 2 and 3 to medical supply centers (managed by Harry on one side and John on the other side) at both ends of Lincoln park to collect COVID vaccines

• CRAWLER 1, 2 and 3 obtain vaccines reports the vaccines (brand, quantity, and expiration dates) over radio to ROVER 1, who then reports it by packet to CONTROL 1

Brand: Janssen

Quantity: 123

Expiration: 01/31/2021

Brand: Moderna

Quantity: 467

Expiration: 02/12/2021

Brand: Novavax

Quantity: 683

Expiration: 06/22/2021

Brand: Merck

Quantity: 15632

Expiration: 03/12/2021

Brand: Pfizer

Quantity: 865

Expiration: 01/16/2021

Brand: AstraZeneca

Quantity: 557

Expiration: 03/12/2021

Brand: GlaxoSmithKline

Quantity: 891

Expiration: 02/19/2021