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SUBJ: ALE DURING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CONDITIONS
1. MANY OF OUR MEMBERS NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE IN THE ALE
MODE EITHER WITH COMMERCIAL ALE RADIOS OR WITH PC-ALE OR MARS-ALE. I
OPERATE COMMERCIAL ALE RADIOS HERE AT WORK (NAV) AND AT MY HOME
(NNN0ZLS) ON A 24/7 BASIS. SEVERAL NAVMARCORMARS STATIONS IN STX AS
WELL AS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NATION ARE ALE CAPABLE AND ALSO KEEP
THEIR RADIOS ON FOR CONSIDERABLE PORTIONS OF THE DAY.
2. AS A REMINDER, THE NAVMARCORMARS ALE FREQUENCIES ARE: NAD, NBH,
NDE, NGB, NIA, NMA, NPC AND NSB. ARMY MARS ALSO HAS ALE FREQUENCIES:
KBL, KCN, KEE(LSB), KHB(LSB), KIB, KLG, KLK, KME, KSK AND KSM. SHARES
ALE FREQUENCIES ARE: 4490.0, 5711.0, 9106.0, 11217.0, 15094.0 AND
17487.0 KHZ (ALL USB).
3. IF YOU HAVE ALE CAPABILITY, PLEASE KEEP YOUR RADIO ON AND SCANNING
THE FREQUENCIES ON WHICH YOU ARE AUTHORIZED FOR THE DURATION OF THE
HURRICANE RITA EMERGENCY. BE PREPARED TO OFFER ASSISTANCE IF
REQUESTED.
4. IF YOU ARE IN THE HURRICANE RITA DISASTER AREA AND HAVE ALE
CAPABILITY PLEASE PROVIDE STATUS VIA THE ALE 'ALL CALL' CAPABILITY.
BY SENDING AN AMD MESSAGE TO '(AT)?(AT)' AND USING 'TWS' TO PREVENT
LINKING, ALL STATIONS THAT CAN HEAR YOUR SIGNAL WILL PRINT IT FOR THE
OPERATORS REVIEW. USING THE 'TWS' OR 'THIS WAS' CAPABILITY INSTEAD OF
THE 'TIS' OR 'THIS IS' WILL NOT LINK UP THE RADIOS BUT JUST PRINT THE
AMD MESSAGE ON THE RECEIVERS.
5. IF YOU UTILIZE ALE DURING THE EMERGENCY, PLEASE SUBMIT AN AFTER
ACTION REPORT GIVING THE DETAILS TO NNN0ASA VA INFO YOUR CHAIN OF
COMMAND. HOPEFULLY, THIS MODE WILL PROVIDE US WITH A RELIABLE MEANS
OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR EMERGENCIES THAT CAN COMPENSATE FOR PROPAGATION
ANOMALIES.
6. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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