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Mar 14, 20221 min read
Installing ActiveAlert application on Android phone
Instructions for installing ActiveAlert application on Android Phone. – Open the Google Play Store – Push the search on-screen button (it...
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Mar 14, 20221 min read
Installing ActiveAlert application on iPhone
Instructions for installing ActiveAlert application on iPhone. – Open the App Store – Press Search (bottom of screen) – In the search box...
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Mar 5, 20222 min read
RESPONDING TO ACTIVEALERT ALERTS
USJSAR uses a smart phone app named ActiveAlert to notify members of pages. Instructions for installing and customizing the app are...
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Mar 5, 20223 min read
COLD WEATHER PREPARATION
As you guys may have noticed, the weather is getting colder and our last few missions have been on the chilly side. Now is a good time to...
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Mar 3, 20223 min read
NAVIGATION EXERCISE IN GATE 5 AREA
I’ve put together a Navigation Exercise in the Gate 5 area. It uses the Avenza Maps smart phone app to help you locate the checkpoints....
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Mar 3, 20221 min read
How to change the coordinate system Avenza uses from UTM’s to Lat/Long Degrees.decimalInstructions
Instructions: Note that we’re currently displaying coordinates in UTM format. Tap on the coordinates on the bottom of the screen....
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Feb 27, 20221 min read
ROPE TRAINING VIDEO’S
View the following videos to learm more about MainLine Setup: https://youtu.be/ImGN9-LqhiM Belay Setup: https://youtu.be/dXSBOXorAIY...
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Jan 5, 20221 min read
COMMON LOCATION NAMES / TRAILHEADS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iRPsJw9Hu6J6PJOHlSzdnpJDrmKUOXrtL2Ehcteg5iE/edit?usp=sharing It’s a work in progress that I would...
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Nov 2, 20212 min read
MAP COORDINATE SYSTEMS
There are many Map Coordinate Systems in use, but for SAR you are likely to only encounter two: Latitude/Longitude in DD.th format UTM’s...
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Dec 27, 20201 min read
PHYSICS FOR ROPING TECHNICIANS
From the forward: “This text has been developed to assist roping technicians in gaining an understanding of the fundamental principles of...
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Dec 24, 20202 min read
RADIO CHANNEL UPDATES
On Dec 16th 2020 many of the SAR radio’s were reprogrammed, which has changed the location of the channels we use. First a bit of...
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