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2000-01 EmComm Bulletins

TO: Emergency Communications Units - Information Bulletin
TO: Emergency Management Agencies via Internet and Radio
FROM: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

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EMC274 - ALE Experiences 4/5

1/29/2001

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During system development I conducted several tests from the ACS CommCenter to a group of selected ALE addresses placed in several locations up and down the state. A computer was used for a MANUAL automated "call." That took 1/2 hour for the computer-controlled radio to go through the process of trying to connect to each of the 

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EMC273 - ALE Experiences 3/5

1/22/2001

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For any ALE system to work there must be a specific address for each radio, much like a telephone must have a specific number. For the Motorola units OES planned for 110 ALE addresses. That, and other system requirements, meant that Motorola had to modify the PROGRAMMING software at its facilities in Israel.

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EMC272 - ALE Experiences 2/5

1/15/2001

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Another factor to consider is that of service. Will you stock repair parts and train a repair crew or will the ALE units be returned to the manufacturer for service? If the latter, will you have standby units on the shelf to replace those out-of-service for several weeks during shipment back and forth for repairs? Or will it be a system where 

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EMC271 - ALE Experiences 1/5

1/8/2001

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The following query to our ACS Newsletter led to this series. Query: "Why is OES/ACS looking at ALE? Isn't it the same technology as the less-than-successful STACOM? And aren't live people faster at determining propagation and establishing communications?"

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EMC270 - Pabulum or Popcorn?

1/1/2001

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WELCOME TO THE YEAR 2001, THE FIRST OF A NEW MILLENNIUMM

When I started on this bulletin, the title Pabulum or Popcorn jumped into mind, probably because it suggests two approaches to the way the bulletins can be written and used.

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    A Decade Of Emcomm
    Ale Experiences
    Amateur Radio Withdrawn!
    A Passion For Emcomm
    Are We Prepared?
    Assumptions Kill!
    Because They Care!
    Bulletin Focus
    Comfort Is An Emcomm Unit
    Confined Space Response
    Do You Know What I Mean?
    DSW Coverage Begins?
    Dsw Rules Changes
    Emergency Preparedness
    Exercise En Masse!
    Gila County EMARC (AZ)
    Hidden Jewels
    How Do You Activate?
    How Many To Involve?
    How To Create An Emcomm Unit
    Images
    Important Documents
    Indecision Can Kill
    Informing Officials
    Internet Rims
    Is RACES Unique?
    It Takes Time
    Management Or Operations
    Mutual Aid 2000
    Mutual Aid Recap
    Net Control - A Perspective
    Nsep And Shares
    Operations Techniques
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    Preparedness Partners
    Quakes In Mind
    Quick Quotes 1
    RACES - Amateurs Only?
    Races And The Acs
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    Races History
    RACES History - 4
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    Shortage Of Hams
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    Statewide Comm Drill
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