The Great ShakeOut is an International earth quake drill, to practice and prepare for a earthquake. This takes place every year on the Third Thursday in October. This year it will be on October 16th.
California will start the drill at 10:16am Net control will announce a simulated earthquake on the air. Practice “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.”
At 10:17am a practice emergency net will begin on the WG6OTA repeater.
We will first do check-ins on the repeater. After everyone has checked in Net control will call each station in order to get a report of:
- How strong was the simulated quake felt on a scale of 1 to 10.
- Any simulated damage to report.
- Are you on normal or back-up power.
When giving your report or a relay start by saying “this is my simulated report” and end your transmission with your call sign “and this is just a drill”
The Great ShakeOut website.
