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Hello Fellow Ham Radio Operators:
On Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 1015 AM PDT, the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, and Pendleton will participate in the Great Washington ShakeOut Earthquake and tsunami drill with state and local emergency management officials. This is part of a global earthquake preparedness effort.
"National Weather Service Offices across Washington will disseminate
a Required Monthly Test (RMT) message via the 21 NOAA Weather Radio
stations that serve the state to activate the Emergency Alert System
(EAS) to help kickoff the Great ShakeOut drill on October 15th at
1015 AM PDT. Broadcasters will carry the EAS message on television
and radio to help reach more of the state`s residents, along with
those who have all-hazard weather radio receivers. This will not be
a test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) sent to cell phones."
Listen to your NOAA Weather Radios for the alert.
After the Alert Get on the primary frequency, 7.225 MHz and check in
and provide a status report for your area noting that this is a DRILL
and only a DRILL.
For instance, check in:
Callsign
Name
Great Washington ShakeOut and Tsunami Siren Test NVIS Communication test
This is a DRILL
State your report
This is a Drill
close with your callsign
Stay on the net so we can discuss the experience and how we received
other stations.
M&K PNW NVIS Net support:
40M, 7.225 MHz, Alt 7.350MHz
I registered using my Callsign W7ROV;
"Mike & Key Amateur Radio Club,
M&K ARC,Pacific Northwest Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS)
Network (Net), PNW NVIS Net. We will listen to the NOAA Weather
radio for the alert. We will then get on the air.
M&K PNW NVIS Net support; 40M, 7.225 MHz, Alt 7.350 MHz.
We will check into Net control,
Identify our station by call sign
and provide a status report for our location."
I registered for category "Test communications plans"
Ross
W7ROV
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