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* To prepare to make a direct contact with another team, | * To prepare to make a direct contact with another team, | ||
*# Use your team’s FRS/GMRS standard channel number to look up the new Portland NET simplex UHF frequency in the Amateur Radio 70 cm band for your team in the table below. If you’re not sure which FRS/GMRS channel your team uses, click here for a map. | *# Use your team’s FRS/GMRS standard channel number to look up the new Portland NET simplex UHF frequency in the Amateur Radio 70 cm band for your team in the table below. If you’re not sure which FRS/GMRS channel your team uses, [https://pdx-net.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layers=6af29d86a7a54278a27ba113a7a1a87f click here for a map]. | ||
*# Using the [[Frequency Tables#UHF Frequency Table - Frequencies in the 70 cm Amateur Radio Band|UHF Frequency Table]], identify the 70cm frequency that corresponds to your team’s FRS/GMRS channel. The frequencies in the table are not the FRS/GMRS frequencies, they are Amateur Radio frequencies in the 70 cm UHF band that you can use to communicate with amateur radio operators on other teams or perhaps members of your own team. | *# Using the [[Frequency Tables#UHF Frequency Table - Frequencies in the 70 cm Amateur Radio Band|UHF Frequency Table]], identify the 70cm frequency that corresponds to your team’s FRS/GMRS channel. The frequencies in the table are not the FRS/GMRS frequencies, they are Amateur Radio frequencies in the 70 cm UHF band that you can use to communicate with amateur radio operators on other teams or perhaps members of your own team. | ||
*# During | *# During and exercise or deployment you can propose direct communication with another team using the protocol described below. | ||
*# Note that the table gives an “alias” for each of the frequencies and indicates the channel numbers where the frequencies can be found in the new Multnomah County ARES templates. Make note of the alias for your frequency and consider using a memory channel if you have programmed your radio using one of the new templates. | *# Note that the table gives an “alias” for each of the frequencies and indicates the channel numbers where the frequencies can be found in the new Multnomah County ARES templates. Make note of the alias for your frequency and consider using a memory channel if you have programmed your radio using one of the new templates. | ||
*# Using a channel number is not required, however, because you can select VFO mode on your radio and select the simplex frequency directly. | *# Using a channel number is not required, however, because you can select VFO mode on your radio and select the simplex frequency directly. | ||
