Suggestions to Consider During Emergencies
- In any emergency, your first priority should be the safety of your family and yourself and your property.
- Monitor local commercial radio stations for information.
- If the W0GS repeater (146.790 MHz, PL 88.5 Hz) if operational, monitor it for activity.
Remember that if you are in or very near the City of Rolla, you can use the WB9KHR repeater
(147.210 MHz, PL 88.5 Hz) which is linked to the W0GS repeater.
- If you have an important message or need to communicate, make a brief call on the repeater to ask for assistance,
identifying the level of importance of your message or need (classes would be "emergency" "priority" "information").
- If the W0GS repeater is off the air, set your radio for SIMPLEX operation on 146.790 MHz and make any
necessary calls.
- If the W0GS repeater is working, and you have lengthy information to pass or receive, please coordinate
another frequency with the other station (suggest 146.500 MHz simplex, if you can reach each other directly).
- You might also check other regional repeaters for information, for instance 146.895 MHz at Laurie, MO,
145.450 MHz (W0EEE repeater at the University campus), 146.700 MHz (PL 88.5 Hz) in Lebanon, etc.
- The most important thing is that if you have no significant messages to send or receive, please do not
transmit, but monitor in case you might hear of a situation in which you can help. If there is a net control
station and he asks who is monitoring, please let him know that you are there. Otherwise, just listen.
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