Exercises & events

Next up

Bring to every exercise: your go-kit, charged batteries, a programmed handheld, and ICS-213, 213RR, 214 and 309 forms.

Sat, Oct 3

ARRL’s national exercise. The Section asks you to:

Use Winlink to send a WA State Field Situation Report to your EC and the SEC (AG7QP).
Send an NTS message to the Section Manager (KA7LJQ) and the SEC.
Take photos of your station and operation.
Make as many contacts as you can under POTA or SOTA rules.
Send an after-action report, with a participant list, to the SEC.

After any exercise: send your logs to the exercise lead. ACS members: get your yearly field operation signed off.

Exercises and on-air events later this season
When	What
Sat–Sun, Jan 23–24	Winter Field Day (opens winterfieldday.org)

Answer on an ICS-213 unless another form is named. Send to NV2Z and AG7QP between 5:00 and 9:00 PM on the date shown. Radio preferred; Telnet OK.

Winlink assignments
Date	Assignment	Form
Tue, Oct 13	Did You Feel It report (ShakeOut practice)	DYFI
Tue, Oct 27	A welfare message	Welfare Message / Quick Health & Welfare
Tue, Nov 10	Where you expect to have Thanksgiving dinner	ICS-213
Tue, Nov 24	What you want Santa to bring you	ICS-213RR
Tue, Dec 8	Justify to Santa that you were good this year	ICS-213
Tue, Dec 22	Your New Year’s Eve plans	ICS-213

Public-service events
Event	When	Volunteer through
Bloomsday	Sun, May 2, 2027	NV2Z
Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade	Date not posted	NV2Z
Fun runs and bike races	As requested	NV2Z