HAM RADIO TRAINING

Dedicated to Service

DRT - Disaster Response TeamBS - Bishop

Disaster is imminent

Steps1. Training -> one day of technical training from PARA (YAY one part down)2. Testing -> Within a month of training will take test by PARA to become Class C

(Technician Class) licensed ham radio operator3. Get License- > whatever that involves 4. Join FaceBook group5. Create a Humanitarian ID account 6. Sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) -> this document will explain roles

and responsibilities of participating in the program7. Receive Equipment -> Ham radios are property of UMCom and are given on

loan to program participant who will turn over equipment based on terms outlined in MoU

8. Attend a simulation training -> there will be regular simulation training set up by the Bishop to help in a practice run in case of a disaster.

9. Maintain equipment and participate in the regular check-in’s 10. Return Equipment -> once the term of the MoU are over you will return the

equipment the proper contact person or purchase your own to continue to be participate in the hobby and club

Responsibilities ◎ Serve as contact person for church during a disaster

○ This means contacting the bishop regularly during a disaster ◎ Serve as the liaison for the church as well as humanitarian organizations and the

government during times of disaster○ Make yourself and serves aware to local government and humanitarian

organization who you will assist during times of disaster ○ Communicate messages of importance to barangay captains and local leaders

who will disseminate the information to the general public ◎ Follow and respect PARA guidelines and get appropriate licensing for different

frequencies◎ Update and maintain contact info on Humanitarian ID ◎ Maintain the equipment and keep readily available at all times◎ Attend regular ham radio check-ins ◎ During a disaster anywhere in the Philippines which has triggered the ham system

to turn on - participant will keep radio on and near person 24hrs a day

Preparation Materials and Test

◎ Mock test exams for the 3 elements along with the answers.

◎ Mock exams are 100 questions

◎ PARA will randomly pull 25 questions from each element on test day = 75 questions on test day

MOCK EXAM

Answer first page of each element Or we could have them answer the questions on the next few

slides as a group

Questions?

Questions Scope of Services:Period of Engagement:Who? When will people turn on their radios? (will every area need to be on 24hr call in one is in a disaster or will if be

district wise? episcopal area wise? or nation wide? ) What level of emergency will need to be engaged to scale up response?)

Will there be a simulation training?Will there be a weekly or monthly check in? Who do you want the messages communicated to? (if a disaster happens will there be an extra service for

parishes? / how will messages be communicated to the people?)What type of messages? (Do HAM radio trainees need to identify local food banks, ect.? )Will we create a closed facebook group for people in the club?How will we stay in contact with these people other that the HAM radios?Do they need to set up a team?What criteria should be set for participating in the radio system?

(a lot of people do not live in the immediate area of their church i.e. Bishop Juan should we say them must identify someone who can be an one the ground person?

If this a back up system what is the foremost system and is the Ham radio trainy the responsible party for first engaging that? How will they do that? What prep will they need to do?

Besides agreeing to not take equipment what are the basic requirements and things they are agreeing to? (agree to update the statues of their church within a hour/ day of a disaster?... also agree to keep UMCom informed who will work with Project Argos and CDAC network to identify this area of having communications and agree to work with community partners in using this tech ..**which will be very time consuming because all messages will have to be translated through that person. )

How do identify the saturation levels? I.E. Bishops need to make sure 90 % of their districts are covered .. meaning 1 radio and dedicated response unit for every radios area or what? (this may be difficult to determine but we could say something like within 3 hrs?

· Every will have radio on. This bishops will decides on when to engage the system and for timing. The bishop will set up the weekly\ monthly... The Bishop Will txt and post on Facebook to turn 24\7 when turn on their radios. Ntc protocol in times of disaster. During times will always be one.· Bishops will coordinate set up a national leave at quarterly simulation training. All get a ham will be required to attend.· Bishop will set up regular check-ins with ham radio users and disaster response teams. Updating any change on contact info and get current situations in localities. Using the ham system.· Ham radio users will be responsible for getting important messages to local government official and barangay captains to disseminate to greater population· Triage system. Life and death or public service messages and weather updates. Evacuation messages. Aid info. Ham radio participants.· Set up contact with pagasa to get official weather reports. Rescue. Surveil tips (go to higher ground) info for aid· Once you pass the license you will be added to a closed Facebook group where people should post updates from ham radio updates. Ppl can be added who are key players in disaster team.· All communication other than ham radio will be done through the bishops assistant aka coordinator· Bishops will set up disaster response team. · From the bishop to the assistant the ds to drt heads· Criteria... Depends on the area. Get a license ham radio. People need to identify passion. Assigned by bishops and he should be critical of location to church and population.· Umcom. Will engage the phone system. The bishop through. Cell phone of updated number.be the point person for All commination in their area· All super attendants. And drt team heads. Bishops will make user all are in currently engage in the systems.

Different Types Of Licences o Class A (Extra Class) – has the highest privileges of all amateur

licenses in the Philippines. Class A license holders are issued the call prefixes 4F or DU, and are able to legally operate at ALL bands prescribed by the National Telecommunications Commission. The applicant is required to pass a five word per minute (5WPM) morse code test, and Elements 8, 9, 10 of the written exam.

o Class B (General Class) – has the second highest privileges of all amateur licenses in the Philippines. Class B license holders are issued the call prefix DV, and are able to legally operate at MOST bands prescribed by the National Telecommunications Commission. The applicant is required to pass Elements 5, 6, 7 of the written exam.

o Class C (Technician Class) – Class C license holders are issued the call prefix DW, and are able to legally operate at SOME bands prescribed by the National Telecommunications Commission. The applicant is required to pass Elements 2, 3, 4 of the written exam.

o Class D (Foundation Class) – Class D license holders are issued the call prefix DY, and are able to legally operate at the VHF Band (144-146MHz), as prescribed by the National Telecommunications Commission. The applicant is required to pass Element 2 of the written exam.