Plan locations
Reuse groups such as Fire Stations, County Schools, Hospitals, or Shelters and add one-off sites when needed.
ARES · EXERCISE OPERATIONS
Simulated Emergency Test Center
Plan, operate, and learn from structured emergency-communications exercises. Compare simplex and repeater coverage by location, capture two-way signal reports, and turn each S.E.T. into better operational knowledge for the next activation.
How the exercise works
One exercise, several communications paths
A S.E.T. is more than a check-in count. Each assigned site becomes a repeatable test point so the club can compare what actually works from around the county.
Assign operators
Give each location an operator, tactical call, planned power, equipment goal, and special instructions for this exercise.
Test the paths
Net Control records Field → NCS and NCS → Field reports for simplex and each repeater being evaluated.
Map the results
Compare readable, weak, relay-only, and no-contact locations to understand where coverage succeeds or fails.
Reusable exercise sets
Location groups
SET managers can maintain reusable collections of test locations so recurring exercise types can be planned quickly and consistently.
Dickson County Schools16 locations
Fire Stations12 locations
Exercise results
Measured coverage results
First choose the S.E.T. exercise you want to review. Then switch its map between assignment status, simplex coverage, and repeater coverage. Click a site to inspect the operator, power, and two-way radio-test result.
MEASURED COVERAGE
Point-to-point S.E.T. results
Colors, labels, and path lines come from the actual signal reports recorded at each exercise location. This is measured test data—not an RF propagation prediction between untested points.
Strong 57–59 / FQReadable 55–56Weak 52–54RelayNot readableUntested
Exercise history
Previous S.E.T.s and reports
Historical exercises remain available for comparison, including the original location maps and legacy check-in reports.
| SET | Date | Simplex | Net Control | Check-Ins | Expected Locations | View |
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| Spring 2026 Fire Stations | 2026-03-28 |
KM4GFT -> N4JSB Dickson County Public Library
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1 | 12 | ||
Spring 2026 Fire StationsDate: 2026-03-28 Net Control: KM4GFT -> N4JSB Start: 2026-03-28 10:00:00 End: 2026-03-28 23:20:00 Testing ... KQ4DLB |
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