MESILLA VALLEY RADIO CLUB

Radio club undergoes disaster training

Four communication trailers from the Mesilla Valley Radio Club are parked at the corner of Missouri and Don Roser the weekend of June 26. They were there to take part in a national training event to prepare them to provide communications, if needed, in the event of severe weather or a forest fire.

photos courtesy of Alex Burr

Earl Drexel, N5TMT, and Charlie Welch, N5CWW, are preparing a mobile power generator to keep the batteries of the communication trailers of the Mesilla Valley Radio Club charged as they take part in a national exercise to maintain the ability to provide emergency communications if required. This exercise took place at the corner of Missouri and Don Roser.

photos courtesy of Alex Burr

Charlie Welch, N5CWW, is at the operating position in his trailer. His trailer was one of four from the Mesilla Valley Radio Club (MVRC) which took part in a national training exercise designed to prepare units for service as communication centers in case of emergencies such as severe weather or forest fires. He was one of several MVRC members who worked throughout the night to contact other stations in the United States.

photos courtesy of Alex Burr

Posted Wednesday, August 4, 2021 7:26 pm

Bulletin Report

The local Mesilla Valley Radio Club participated in a national event sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. The event is designed to enable local amateur radio organizations to test their ability to provide communication services during any emergency such as severe weather events or forest fires.

The local club, under the leadership of Earl Drexler, N5TMT, set up four trailers filled with communications equipment on the vacant lot at the corner of Missouri and Don Roser.

There they made contacts with similar organization set up across the United States. Various club members operated the equipment in shifts over a weekend. They exchanged information with hundreds of similar operations in most of the states in the country.

They used many different forms of communications including voice, code and the latest forms of digital communication. All the equipment was powered by self-contained batteries, or a well-used generator powered by a one-cylinder diesel engine loaned by Charlie Welch, N5CWW.

At the conclusion of the event, all the antennas were taken down, the electronic equipment stowed for transport and the area cleaned up.

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