RADIO "TRAFFIC SCHOOL"
Sat, Oct 16 2010, 1-4pm
Special Guest Instructor: Dr. Kate Hutton (aka Earthquake Lady)
Location: CERT Headquarters, Fire Station 88, 5101 Sepulveda Blvd Sherman Oaks, 91403

The training will focus on how to compose and handle formal radio messages. Examples and class exercises will focus on the format and methods used by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) National Traffic System (NTS). The NTS daily relays radio messages around the U.S. and Canada and has been doing so since 1915. Their methods and practices have been optimized over 95 years for high efficiency and accuracy. The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and CERT message forms are based on the NTS format, because it works.

In the age of cell phones and Internet, the NTS still exists for basically two reasons - to be there when disaster strikes and normal communication is unavailable, and to train emergency communicators in accurate and efficient message handling.

Kate Hutton K6HTN is Section Traffic Manager for the ARRL Los Angeles Section. This means she is the volunteer in charge of the amateur radio nets that move message traffic in and out of Los Angeles. She is also a world-renowned seismologist and earthquake expert frequently interviewed by the media after a disaster.

This event was organized and sponsored by the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council (ASNC), www.asnc.us.