Operation Dark Skies: Part 1 October 14 | Part 2 October 16

This year’s Simulated Emergency Test will coincide with a celestia
l phenomenon: a solar eclipse!


** Simulated Emergency Test (SET) 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------
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https://www.rac.ca/simulated-emergency-test/

For immediate release:

This year’s Simulated Emergency Test will coincide with a celestia
l phenomenon: a solar eclipse!

Operation Dark Skies:


** Part 1 October 14 | Part 2 October 16 ------------------------------------------------------------


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The Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is a Canada-wide exercise in emergency
communications, which is administered by Radio Amateurs of Canada�
�s Community Services Officer and Section Managers. This year's event is
known as “Operation Dark Skies” and will be held in two p
arts as described below.

https://www.rac.ca/youth-on-the-air/


** Operation Dark Skies: Part 1 – Saturday, October 14 ------------------------------------------------------------

The Simulated Emergency Test (SET) will be conducted in conjunction with a ctual events. Part 1 will be held on October 14 and will last for five hou
rs, including the eclipse.

The objective is to gather information on Amateur operations before, dur
ing and after the event. All data will be reviewed for future planning of
emergency events.

Radio Amateurs of Canada is looking to engage as many operators as possibl
e and utilize all bands and modes.

CanWarn-trained individuals can also give up-to-date local weather reports
and visual observations during the event. Reports will be sent to canwarn@rac.ca (mailto:canwarn@rac.ca) or on Winlink to AUXC-CAN.

Participants must sign up at
set@rac.ca to be included in the online briefing which will be held on Sep tember 22 at 7 pm Eastern.

For more information on the solar eclipse visit:

https://www.rac.ca/nasa-seeks-help-from-amateurs-during-solar-eclipses/

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/citizenscience/ham-radio-operators-w e-need-your-help-during-solar-eclipses

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/home/


** Operation Dark Skies: Part 2 – Monday, October 16 ------------------------------------------------------------
Part 2 of the Simulated Emergency Test will be held on Monday, October
16 in partnership with Niagara Regional Emergency Management and the Nia gara’s Community Emergency Response Team.

Full-scale deployment Exercise Dark Skies is part of the Niagara Regional
preparedness for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.

This exercise will have multiple roles for Certified Emergency Response Tr aining (CERT) and the Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) such as:
* Field/site deployment including staging areas and demonstrations of fiel
d communications
* AuxComm Support at Regional Emergency Operation Centre
* Support within Regional and Municipal Operations

Radio Amateurs of Canada is looking for three teams to set up staging area
s for the SET and teams that are willing to deploy for both operational an
d demonstration purposes for Emergency Management officials.
* Team 1: Staging Area in the Burlington area; a 5-person team
* Team 2: Staging Area in the North Toronto/Orangeville area; a 5-person t
eam
* Team 3: Northern Ontario field deployment for Provincial communications.
More information will be announced at the September 23 meeting.

More details will be available at the training sessions which will be held
on September 22, 23 and 25 at 7 pm Eastern. Please contact set@rac.ca ( mailto:set@rac.ca) to register.

Note: SET Reporting will not be done this year so please attend the traini
ng sessions for more information on the reporting procedures.

Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT
RAC Community Services Officer

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