Exercise Double Barrel 3

In South Africa, 71 Signal Unit, a reserve force unit, will be running their annual military/amateur HF communications exercise, Exercise Double Barrel 3, over the weekend of 24 to 25 May 2008, using the call sign ZS71SIG and active from Rawsonville in the Western Cape.

A QSL card will be issued to commemorate Exercise Double Barrel 3.

The objective of this exercise is to provide the unit and its members with valuable HF experience, while providing an exciting platform for the amateur radio community to communicate in a training and preparation exercise with other roleplayers, for example the military and other emergency operators.

The following amateur frequencies will be in use:
1.845 LSB, 3.760 LSB, 7.060 LSB and 14.300 USB, as well as 10.135 USB +- QRM.

The military training frequencies will be issued to participating members in the form of a signal instruction.

Participating radio amateurs are encouraged to operate either in a field day, mobile or base station role, while experimenting with different types of antennas and different RF power settings. The radio amateur community is reminded that the above mentioned frequencies will be in use during the weekend of 23 to 25 May 2008 and are requested to accommodate the exercise.

Liaison with other role players is expected to be finalised soon. Participants can contact ZS1HF Pierre at zs1hf@telkomsa.net or 083 321 1449 for more information.