THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A NETWORK WHERE WE CAN USE TO TRANSFER
AND/OR EXCHANGE TRAFFIC USING AMATEUR RADIO DURING A DISASTER
EMERGENCY, ROUTINE TRAFFICS DURING NON-EMERGENCIES.

PHASE I   SYSTEMS TO USE FOR MEN
1. ECHOLINK - LINKS / PC USERS
- THE ECHOLINK IS THE PRIMARY SYSTEM THAT WILL BE USED. PARTICIPATING
CLUBS OR STATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE LINKS DURING NET
CALLS, TEST/SIMULATIONS AND ACTUAL EMERGENCIES.

2. TCP/IP PACKET GATEWAY
- THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SETUP IN PRIMARY LOCATIONS WHERE THERE ARE
ACTIVE STATIONS AND CLUBS.
- THE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER PACKET RADIO MESSAGES COMING
FROM AND TO ALL THIS PRIMARY LOCATIONS.

3. HF PACTOR / PACKET RADIO GATEWAYS
- THIS SYSTEM WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE TCP/IP PACKET GATEWAY.
- HF WILL BE USE AS A MEANS OF TRANSFERING DATA FROM ALL THE PRIMARY
LOCATIONS.

4. LOCAL VHF/UHF PACKET RADIO USERS.
- A NUMBER OF REMOTE LOCATIONS WHO CAN CONNECT TO GATEWAYS TO
ACCESS PACKET MESSAGES.
- EXAMPLE, DIFFERRENT CLUBS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA WHO USES
PACKET RADIO TO GET ROUTINE TRAFFICS VIA THE MRILP-LAX GATEWAY.

5. HF/VHF/UHF VOICE
- HF/VHF/UHF WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BACKUP SPECIALY IN THE CASES
WHERE THERE IS NO INTERNET ACCESS AVAILABLE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS.
-EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A DISASTER EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA AND THE LINES
ARE DOWN AND NO INTERNET ACCESS ARE AVAILABLE, AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN
WOULD BE TO USE HF/VHF/UHF FROM THE AFFECTED AREAS AND SEND THE
MESSAGES TO A REMOTE LOCATION WITH INTERNET ACCESS. IF
PROPAGATION IS FAVORABLE, A DIRECT CONTACT WITH ANOTHER IS ADVISED.

PHASE II PROCEDURES / SIMULATIONS
1. NTS - NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM.
- THERE SHOULD BE ONE SYSTEM USED IN SENDING MESSAGES. THE
CHALLENGE HERE LIES IN EACH STATIONS DEDICATION TO KNOW THE
NTS. RADIOGRAMS ARE USED TO SEND MESSAGES IN THE NTS SYSTEM.
DURING SIMULATIONS CLUBS AND STATIONS WILL EXCHANGE MESSAGES
USING THE RADIOGRAM AND NTS.

2. SIMULATIONS.
- EMERGENCY SIMULATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING
THE YEAR.
- ALL CLUBS WILL BE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN ORDER TO SEE IF THEIR
EMERGENCY TEAM IS READY TO MEET THE STANDARDS THAT OUR MABUHAY
EMERGENCY NETWORK HAS SET FOR US.

3. INFORMATION CAMPAIGN
- JUST LIKE IN ANY NEW SYSTEM, THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR IT TO BE
A SUCCESS IS TO HAVE AN INFORMATION CAMPAIGN.
WITH THE HELP OF EXISTING SYSTEMS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH THE
COOPERATION AND SUPPORT OF ALL OUR FELLOW HAMS AND CLUBS,
WE CAN HAVE A SUCCESFUL EMERGENCY SYSTEM IN PLACE. A SYSTEM THAT
WE CAN COUNT ON IN DISASTER EMERGENCIES AND TO HELP OUR FELLOW
HAMS AND KABABAYANS IN TIME OF NEED.
- EMERGENCY TEAMS FROM EACH CLUB IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET A
NETWORK OF EMERGENCY STATION OPERATORS. THIS TEAM WILL BE THE
ONE TO WORK ON SIMULATIONS AND ACTUAL DISASTER EMERGENCIES.

PHASE III SCENARIOS
A. EMERGENCY-PRIORITY-WELFARE-ROUTINE
1.  THERE ARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN ANY GIVEN EMERGENCY BUT TO GET
AN IDEA OF HOW OUR SYSTEM CAN BE LAUNCH FOR ACTION WOULD DEPEND
ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA/SCENARIO.
- EARTHQUAKE - COMMUNICATIONS WERE DISRUPTED IN LOCAL AREAS, LOST
OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES.
-TERRORIST ATTACK - COMMUNICATIONS WERE DISRUPTED IN LOCAL AREAS,
LOST OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES.
-TYPHOON/STORMS - COMMUNICATIONS WERE DISRUPTED IN LOCAL AREAS,
LOST OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES.

B. ROUTINE NON-EMERGENCY SCENARIO
1.      OUR SYSTEM CAN BE USED AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO FORWARD ROUTINE
TRAFFICS FROM ONE HAM TO ANOTHER HAM, FROM HAM TO A NON-HAM,
FROM A NON-HAM TO A NON-HAM. THIS ROUTINE TRAFFIC WOULD USUALLY BE
SENT OUT DURING RADIO NET CALLS. NOTONLY CAN WE PROVIDE A FREE
TRAFFIC SYSTEM TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THIS WILL ENCOURAGE
NON-HAMS TO JOIN OUR RANKS. THE ARRL NTS SYSTEM IS WORKING DAY BY
DAY IN PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITIES. WE CAN ALSO DO THIS
UNDER OUR MABUHAY EMERGENCY NETWORK.

TCP/IP PACKET RADIO GATEWAY
The MRILP wll continue to create new projects for the benefit of the Amateur Radio
Community.

We are now working on the TCP/IP Packet Radio Gateway. At the moment we already
have one gateway on test at Claremont, California.  You can check it out at this telnet
address telnet://k6irf.ampr.org  or if you are in the Southern California area and have
packet radio, you can access it at 145.03 Mhz.     

We will add more TCP/IP Gateways as we continue the project. This gateways will
forward packet radio mails to all gateways in the network.  This will also be accessible
locally using RF via Packet Radio.
MABUHAY EMERGENCY NETWORK
DX1FLR WINLINK PMBO PACTOR GATEWAY NOW OPERATIONAL!
Last January 2006 we setup the first Winlink PMBO System in the Philippines. This is
located in Navotas Metro Manila and is maintained and operated by Amateur Radio
Club DX1FLR, (Flare, Inc.). You can check the status of the system at this link.
(http://winlink.org/status/PMBOStatus.aspx) and you can check the PMBO Map and
activity at this link (http://winlink.org/positions/RMSPositions.aspx)
If you and/or your club is interested in setting up a Winlink Pactor Gateway, please
check the winlink website (http://www.winlink.org)