EOC Operations

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EOC Operations
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Contents

• Commerce Drive EOC Facility
• Prescott EOC Facility
• UHF/VHF Console
• HF/Public Service Console
• Packet Radio Console
• Radio Operation

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Objectives

• At the end of this course you will be able to
• Activate and operate the Prescott City Hall and
  Commerce Drive EOCs

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Commerce Drive EOC Facility

• The Commerce Drive EOC consists of one operating
  console for UHF/VHF/HF/Public Svc.
• 2 Kenwood TM-V7A dual band transceivers
• Icom IC-718 HF transceiver
• Vertex Standard (Yaesu) VX-4000V transceiver
• Astron RS-35M power supply (35 A peak, 25 A
  continuous)

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Commerce Drive EOC Facility
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Commerce Drive EOC Facility Exercise 11/12/2004
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Prescott EOC Facility

• The Prescott City Hall EOC consists of three
  operating consoles
• VHF/UHF
• HF/Public Service
• Packet Radio

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Prescott UHF/VHF Console

• UHF/VHF Station
• 2 Kenwood TM-V7A dual band transceivers
• 1 MFJ MFJ-624D Phone Patch
• 1 Astron RS-50M power supply (50 A peak, 37 A
  continuous) - shared with HF console

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UHF/VHF Console (contd)
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UHF/VHF Console (contd)
Kenwood TM-V7A
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UHF/VHF Console (contd)
MFJ Phone Patch MFJ-624D
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HF/Public Service Console

• HF Station
• Icom IC-718 Transceiver
• MFJ MFJ-941D Antenna Tuner
• not normally needed with current antenna
• Settings info at console
• Astron RS-50M power supply shared with UHV/VHF
  console

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HF/Public Service Console (contd)
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HF/Public Service ConsoleHF Station (contd)
Icom IC-718
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HF/Public Service ConsoleHF Station (contd)
MFJ Antenna Tuner (MFJ-941E shown is similar to
the 941D)
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HF/Public Service ConsoleHF Station (contd)
Astron RS-50M power supply
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HF/Public Service Console (contd)

• Public Service Station
• Vertex Standard (Yaesu) VX-4000V transceiver
• 134-160 MHz /148-174 MHz

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HF/Public Service ConsolePublic Service Station
(contd)
Vertex Standard VX-4000V
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Packet Radio Console

• The Packet Radio console consists of
• Kenwood TM-201A transceiver
• PAKRATT PK-232MBX controller
• Custom PC
• Radio Shack scanner
• Astron RS-12A power supply

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Packet Radio Console (contd)
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Packet Radio Console (contd)
Kenwood TM-201A
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Packet Radio Console (contd)
PAKRATT PK-232MBX Controller
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Radio Operation

• Kenwood TM-V7A
• Icom IC-718
• Vertex Standard VX-4000V
• Kenwood TM-201A
• Packet station operation to be covered in future
  packet radio course

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Kenwood TM-V7A Controls 1
2 VFO 3 MR (Memory Recall Mode) 4 Tuning
Control 5 MHz Button (tuning steps)
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Kenwood TM-V7A Controls 2
13 Menu mode 14 Programmable memory mode 15
Power Switch
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Kenwood TM-V7A (contd) Controls 3
6 Function 10 Squelch 7 CTCSS tone
on/off 11 Volume 8 - Reverse 12 Band
select 9 - Transmit power H/M/L
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Kenwood TM-V7A (contd)Power Level
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Kenwood TM-V7A (contd) Band Select
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Kenwood TM-V7A (contd) Memory Recall Mode
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Kenwood TM-V7A (contd)Last Memory Channel Recall
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Kenwood TM-V7A (contd)Reverse Function
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1 MFJ MFJ-624D Phone Patch

• Phone patch currently not in service
• Instructions will be provided at console when and
  if it is put in service

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Icom IC-718 Controls 1
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Icom IC-718 (contd)Controls 2
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Icom IC-718 (contd)Automatic Antenna Tuning
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Icom IC-718 (contd)Power Level
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Icom IC-718 (contd)Memory/Band Select- UP/DN
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Icom IC-718 (contd)Band Select VFO Mode

• Two frequencies are normally used for HF
  operation
• 40 Meters 7.248 MHz
• 80 Meters 3.990 MHz
• Simply switching from 40M to 80M using the UP/DN
  buttons will suffice to go from one frequency to
  the other in the VFO mode

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Icom IC-718 (contd)Memory Select - UP/DN
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Icom IC-718 (contd)Memory Select - Keypad
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MFJ MFJ-941D Antenna Tuner Prescott EOC

• With the current antenna, the external tuner
  should not be necessary
• Tuner settings are listed at operating position
  just in case

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Vertex Standard VX-4000VControls
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Vertex Standard VX-4000V (contd) Basic Operation

• Open squelch squelch bypass button
• Alphabetical/numeric display Alpha/Numeric
  Button
• Scan channels Scan Button
• Dim display DIM Button

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Vertex Standard VX-4000V (contd)Basic Operation
(contd)

• Frequency banks UP/DN Button
• Various frequencies can be programmed into the
  banks

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Packet Station Operation

• Operation of the packet station will be covered
  in a future course