Report from Exercise Hammond 17th June 2021

Posted on 2nd July 2021 by Kevin G1SCQ

Thank you to all the group that took part in the Norfolk Resilience Form virtual exercise on 17th June. Highlights included a test of a Whats App group for group alerting and a really good availability level if it had been a real call.

The exercise centred around a severe weather event that had power outages around Norfolk. We were asked to provide communications from several village halls set up as places of safety back, to the emergency control room in King’s Lynn for the emergency planning team. The scenario does lend itself to more thought outside of the exercise about how we could achieve the links using minimum equipment and personnel.

Report from Group AGM 2020

Posted on 21st November 2020 by Kevin G1SCQ

The groups AGM took place on Saturday 21st November via Skype. There was a good turnout of members. Re – election of the group officers took place with G1SCQ, G4OKH and M3MPD staying in post.

Topics discussed included:

recruitment and training of new members
use of digital modes
the impacts of Covid-19 on community events.

Report from Sandringham Charity Horse Ride 27th Sept 2020

Posted on 27th September 2020 by Kevin G1SCQ

Thank you to the members that were able to assist at the first and one of the few events of our year. The Covid-19 rules had prevented all of our other traditional activities from taking place. As part of the Covid-19 Secure risk assessment the arrival times were staggered throughout the day and riders were pre-booked to avoid any over crowding at the start point. I suspect if they hadn’t pre-booked a lot would not have attended as it was particularly cool in the wind and at times wet. We had around 150 riders taking part with some travelling from as far south as Kent.

We established a good 2m net for the main traffic on 144.650. A small PMR net was also run to the non-licensed marshals that helped at two of the check points.

With little usage over the year several batteries on handhelds failed at control, even having been put on a top up charge the day before. A lesson to check in advance the condition of older NiMH cells. The main sealed lead acid battery used for the repeater unit also suffered a similar fate at around 15:00.

Corona virus (Covid-19) and Raynet

Posted on 15th March 2020 by Kevin G1SCQ

The group is a member of the voluntary and faith working group of the Norfolk Resilience Forum. Appropriate plans are being followed by those that need to respond to this current outbreak. We are closely monitoring the situation and how it may impact on any public events we are due to attend.

Links to the current Government and NHS advice is available using the links below – this advice is changing on a regular basis, so please check regularly for updates.

Report from group AGM 2019

Posted on 10th November 2019 by Kevin G1SCQ

The groups AGM took place on Sunday 10th November with a good turnout of members. Re – election of the group officers took place with G1SCQ, G4OKH and M3MPD staying in post.

Topics discussed included potential for using digital modes at events, HF usage and membership.