ECP Training This Saturday

By Jonathan James

For those of you who have not be notified. The communications exercise set for Saturday is canceled due to budget issues. However we are holding an ECP training day on Saturday to allow members who have not been trained or for members wanting a refresher to catch up on some training. The following subjects will be covered on Saturday:

ECP check lists- Pre-deployment, transporting, deployment and post deployment.

Radio Equipment - We will be showing members how to operate each radio and what the primary function of each radio is.

Support Gear - Members will be introduced to and have hands on with the support equipment on the trailer. Items include: spare VHF antennas, HF antennas (variety), power generator, propane powered devices, etc.

Miscellaneous Gear - Show members all the misc gear locations and how to access some compartments.

For those who wish to assist - We have a small trailer with radio gear that needs organized in Pelican Cases along with some gear in the ECP. We will work on putting these cases back in service and making adjustments to equipment in the ECP for better access to watchstanders.

The training starts at 0830 hours at the ECP on board MSU Portland on Saturday 22 October.

Members will be meeting for breakfast at the Galley before the training. So please come join us for breakfast.

It could rain this Saturday, so please see that you bring appropriate rain gear just in case which bring me to another point. The uniform for this training will be ODU.

If you have any questions concerning this training, please send me an email. You can find my email in the member directory on line and the division hard copy.