Normally, the first weekend of October is designated for holding the annual ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET). The NNY section holds its operations in October when most other sections do the same. Some NNY counties hold special nets on those days. Please contact your County Emergency Coordinator if you would like to get involved. If you can not get in touch with your EC or if your county ARES is not planning an organized SET activity, please contact NNY Section Emergency Coordinator .
The first weekend of October is designated for holding the annual ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET), although local and Section-level exercises may take place throughout the Fall. The SET is ARRL’s primary national emergency exercise and is designed to assess the skills and preparedness of Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers, as well as those affiliated with other organizations involved in emergency and disaster response.
The SET encourages maximum participation by all radio amateurs, partner organizations, and national, state, and local officials who typically engage in emergency or disaster response. In addition to ARES volunteers, those active in the National Traffic System (NTS), Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), National Weather Service (NWS) SKYWARN, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and a variety of other allied groups and public service-oriented radio amateurs are needed to fulfill important roles in this nationwide exercise.
The SET offers volunteers an opportunity to test equipment, modes, and skills under simulated emergency conditions and scenarios. Individuals can use the time to update a “go-kit” for use during deployments and to ensure their home station’s operational capability in an emergency or disaster. To get involved, contact your local ARRL Emergency Coordinator or Net Manager.
NNY Section may hold additional SETs at different times of the year. Announcements will be made in the SM and/or SEC blogs, and in NNY ARES groups.io email discussion group.
Here are the links to the log forms
These logs have been designed to be used in all of our NNY SET exercises.
Click Here for the PDF version of the SET Log
Click Here for the Excel (Open Office) version of the SET Log
Click HERE for the NNY Spring 2025 SET Log Summary Please note that this is still a work in progress and I will be adding to it as I receive logs from other stations.