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<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The
HFLINK Group Forum is available for Emergency / Disaster Relief
Communications support information.<BR><BR>If you have questions, are
setting up an ALE system for Emcomm or Disaster Relief, or just need some
guidance about getting started with ALE on the air, please join the
</SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A
href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hflink" target=_blank><FONT
color=#3333ff>HFLINK Group Forum</FONT></A></SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> and post a message or question. There are radio
operators and ALE experts available to help you.<BR><BR>If you are
interested in Interoperative HF communications between different agencies
or services via ALE, please see the HFLINK website
section:<BR> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><A
href="http://hflink.com/interoperation"><FONT color=#333399>ALE HF
Interoperation for Amateur / NGO / Gov / Emcomm
</FONT></A></SPAN></SMALL><BR><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR></SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SMALL>The Automatic
Link Establishment Emergency / Disaster Relief Communications Operating
Guide is now in the process of being updated and revised.
</SMALL></SMALL><SMALL><SMALL>An announcement will be posted on the HFLINK
Group Forum when the ALE Emcomm Operating Guide has been
completed.</SMALL><SMALL> Please check back again later. Thank
you.</SMALL></SMALL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SMALL>ALE HF as the Interoperable Standard
for Emergency / Disaster Relief Communications Between Organisations, Agencies,
NGOs, Government, and Ham Radio</SMALL><BR></SPAN><SMALL
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><BR>HF Interoperative
Communications</SMALL><BR><SMALL></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">For emergencies and disaster relief, there is often
a need for </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">government and
non-governmental organisations (NGO) and amateur radio </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">emergency services to communicate with each other.
The first step is to gain agreement between counterpart organisations to
cooperatively implement interoperative communications. Some organisations have
not been aware that such communication is possible. Until recently, direct
infrastructureless interoperation has only been available on a very limited
basis for local communications, between certain organisations. With the many
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">organisations that increasingly have HF
ALE capability in the field, an interoperation solution now exists </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">for all of these services to communicate with each
other on-demand via HF radio. Different parts of the HF spectrum are useful for
various distances, including local, national, regional, and international. The
capacity to utilise the HF spectrum for communication on-demand with a common
calling and alerting system, instantly provides a unique infrastructure-less
communication medium. Infrastructure such as internet base station networks can
also be utilised as part of HF ALE interoperation. ALE provides unique
capability to fluidly use the same system for both infrastructure and
non-infrastructure communications, to network independently, or in ad-hoc
peer-to-peer networks. <BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amateur Radio ALE
Interoperation</SPAN><BR>The amateur radio HF bands are common ubiquitous
frequencies available internationally, and available for emergency / disaster
relief communications. The International Amateur Radio Service has <A
href="http://hflink.com/emcomm/"><FONT color=#333399>standardised global ALE
channels for interoperative communications</FONT></A>, and these ALE channels
form the basis of a globally accessable common medium for all organisations and
agencies to communicate with each
other.</SPAN></SMALL><BR><SMALL></SMALL><BR><SMALL style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ALE
Channel Planning - Technical Foundation for
Interoperation</SMALL><BR><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Interoperative HF communication is realised through
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">channel planning between cooperative
counterpart organisations for HF cross-channel </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">ALE compatibility. ALE makes on-demand HF calls
between </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">organisations easy to
implement</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">. It is not necessary for the
organisation to obtain new licensed frequencies, since each organisation's
presently assigned transmitting channels are utilised for the interoperation.
</SPAN></SMALL><SMALL>In the <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">organisation's
communication plan, the new <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">interoperable channel</SPAN>
utilises a presently authorised </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">transmitting </SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">channel, with an additional receive frequency
</SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">of the counterpart
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">organisation
</SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">configured as a
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">half-duplex or <SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">split frequency</SPAN> channel</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">.</SPAN></SMALL><BR><SMALL></SMALL><BR><SMALL
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EXAMPLE: NGO1 TO NGO2 COMMUNICATIONS VIA HF-ALE
</SMALL><BR><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Half-duplex interoperative
channels may be employed for </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Gov-to-NGO
communications, or NGO1-to-NGO2 communications:<BR><BR></DIV></SPAN></SMALL>
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<TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL>NGO1 Transceiver
(half-duplex channel)</SMALL></TD>
<TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL>NGO2 Transceiver
(half-duplex channel)</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">TRANSMIT an ALE call on an authorised
channel;</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">RECEIVE an ALE call in half-duplex on the
companion NGO2 channel </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">nearest
the frequency of NGO2 channel.</SPAN></SMALL></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">TRANSMIT an ALE call on an authorised
channel;</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">RECEIVE an ALE call in half-duplex on the
companion NGO1 channel </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">nearest
the frequency of NGO1 channel.</SPAN></SMALL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><BR><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EXAMPLE: AMATEUR TO NGO COMMUNICATIONS HF-ALE
</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">For communications between NGO and
amateur radio emergency </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">services the
channel configuration is as follows:<BR><BR></DIV></SPAN></SMALL>
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<TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL>Amateur
Transceiver (half-duplex channel)</SMALL></TD>
<TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL>NGO Transceiver
(half-duplex channel)</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">TRANSMIT an ALE call to NGO on a standard
amateur ALE voice channel;</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">RECEIVE an ALE call in half-duplex on the
companion NGO's ALE channel</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">closest in frequency to the amateur
channel.</SPAN></SMALL></TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">TRANSMIT an ALE call on an authorised
channel;</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">RECEIVE an ALE call in half-duplex on the
companion amateur ALE
channel.</SPAN></SMALL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><SMALL>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Plain Language Netcalls</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Plain language ALE Netcalls help to provide easy
interface </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">by users of HF-ALE
interoperative networks.</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">As an example, to call an amateur ALE station, an
NGO radio </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">operator could simply select
the interoperative channel and </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">make an
ALE NETCALL such as "HAM". Other NETCALLS and channel </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">configurations could be developed within various
plans.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Field
Deployment</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Once an interoperative
HF-ALE plan is implemented and programmed into the transceivers of counterpart
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">organisations, communications are
immediately available in </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">the field
on-demand without the need for prior notification between </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">organisations during emergencies and
disasters.</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Channel Coordination Assistance</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">C</SPAN></SMALL><SMALL>hannel planning and
coordination assistance is available</SMALL><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">on <A
href="http://www.hflink.com/group"><FONT color=#3333ff>HFLINK group
forum</FONT></A>.</SPAN></SMALL></DIV><SMALL><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></SMALL></DIV>
<DIV><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"></SPAN></SMALL> </DIV>
<DIV><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Sincerely,<BR><BR>Bonnie Crystal
KQ6XA, Founder, HFLINK<BR><BR>Frequency Coordinator,<WBR>International Amateur
Radio </SPAN></SMALL><SMALL><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Automatic Link
Establishment<BR><BR>cc: HFLINK forum<BR></DIV></SPAN></SMALL>
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