BSE 111 - KC4: The Strategic Layers: Repeater, HF & the Outside World

What is Layer 3, and what does it do for the architecture?

A chain of signal fires on high ground

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A fiber-optic ring connecting municipal buildings

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A licensed amateur Very High Frequency (VHF)/Ultra High Frequency (UHF) repeater extending tactical coverage across the full community footprint – the bridge between consolidation-point radio and inter-community HF

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A commercial cellular tower leased from a carrier

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What is Layer 4, and why is it called the strategic backbone?

A satellite television uplink for public broadcasts

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The municipal cellular array’s backhaul link

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A courier network of licensed drivers

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Licensed amateur High Frequency (HF) radio at 30-3,000+ miles – inter-community coordination, regional intelligence, state emergency management liaison, and ARES/RACES integration, solar-powered for indefinite operation

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What is the operator-depth requirement for the strategic tier?

A number sized to the declared scope and the demand map – the framework’s community-scale planning figure is fifty or more licensed operators, but a metropolitan area may need more and a single facility only a handful

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Exactly fifty operators for every entity, from a water plant to a metropolis

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Five operators, all of whom must be municipal employees

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No specific number; enthusiasm substitutes for depth

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What are ARES and RACES, and how does the architecture engage them?

Military signal units assigned to counties

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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) – established amateur emergency organizations the community coordinates with through a scheduled net

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Federal agencies that issue emergency broadcast licenses

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Commercial radio-rental companies

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What is the inter-community requirement on the strategic tier?

Membership in a national online forum

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A single annual phone call between emergency managers

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An established High Frequency (HF) net with at least two neighboring municipalities or communities

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A written promise to build a net after the event

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How does the architecture connect to military support?

It does not; military communications are legally sealed from civilians

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By purchasing surplus military encryption equipment

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By relaying messages through commercial news stations

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Military communications integration via mutual aid – liaison frequencies across High Frequency (HF), Very High Frequency (VHF), Ultra High Frequency (UHF), and satellite, tested before the event

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Why are key suppliers given radios or a place on the community net?

So orders and delivery coordination survive the loss of telephone and internet – the supplier-net integration that BSE 112’s assured supply chain depends on

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As a courtesy gift program for local businesses

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Because suppliers are required by law to monitor emergency channels

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To advertise the community’s preparedness

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What do scheduled nets accomplish that ad-hoc use does not?

They reserve the frequencies so no one else may use them

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Discipline, tested paths, and operator currency – a net that meets on schedule proves the equipment, the radio paths, and the people before anyone’s life depends on them

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Nothing; radios either work or they do not

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They exist mainly to satisfy insurance requirements

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What is the power requirement for strategic-tier base stations, and who owns the power-system design?

Grid power with a surge protector

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Hand-crank generators operated by the net control station

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Solar power at every ham base station for indefinite operation independent of grid and generator fuel – with the power system’s engineering owned by BSE 105, cross-referenced here

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A 30-day diesel supply per station, owned by this course

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How does the licensing pipeline work as a pre-event program?

Licenses are issued automatically to anyone the mayor designates

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The community waits for emergency waivers to license operators

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Only one operator needs a license; others operate under it from any location

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A Technician-class cohort is built broadly and General-class upgrades are developed for High Frequency leads – Federal Communications Commission (FCC) examinations still apply, so the pipeline runs before the event, not during it

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BSE 111 – KC4: The Strategic Layers: Repeater, HF & the Outside World

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