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May 19 and 20, 2007, 0900W: Makani Pahili Hurricane Exercise forAmateur Radio Operators
Hurricane season is June 1 to November 30, 2007. On O`ahu, Skywarn training, May 24, 2007, contact Emergency Amateur Radio Club ) Pacific Section ARES net on Tuesday nights, 1900W - 7.080/7.088, 3.905/3.888, or 1.870 MHz depending on band conditions and freq availability. Practice message handling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur radio operators in Hawai`i will be participating in the annual hurricane exercise (May 14 - 25, 2007). Now is the time to practice. State Civil Defense RACES as KH6HPZ will be running HF (7.088 MHz) and VHF (147.02/147.04/147.06 MHz) between 0900W and 1100W on Saturday, May 19, 2007. Stations are encouraged to send formal messages in ARRL Radiogram form. Healthcomm messages may be in their Facility Status Report. On O`ahu during the May 19th exercise, the American Red Cross will be conducting a shelter operations simulation that may tie in with the MP emergency communications exercise. In addition to Saturday's exercise, Oahu DEM (also known as CCDEM and formerly called OCDA) will conduct their MP exercise on May 20, 2007 0900W-1100W (Contact Oahu RACES coordinator, Ray Moody, AH6LT ] for more details). Please ensure your formal traffic is properly formatted (ARRL Radiogram as default, HealthComm Facilities Status Report, Oahu RACES message form, and ICS form 213). Make sure you include the name and title of the author/authority sending the message such as Troy Kindred, Hawaii CD administrator. If there is a possibility of confusion as to whether it is State or Big Island, please indicate State or BI. The agencies or their emcomm units that may be participating a Hawaii Civil Defense Agency (HDCA), Maui Civil Defense Agency (MCDA), Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu (CCDEM), Kauai Civil Defense Agency (KCDA), HealthComm (Big Island, O`ahu, etc.), and Skywarn. Forms to use (at a minimum): message form(s) incoming log outgoing log pending log station ops log (running, time-stamped log of what is happening in general at the station (e.g., tactical messages of when exercise starts/ends, operator changes, power outages, etc.) Bring your own supply. The served agency may not have the forms. Please remember: if you don't have a "form" use a blank sheet of paper to create it. Copy and keep with you the headers of the form so you can create the form on the fly. Service is the goal, accuracy is the vehicle. Websites for forms, message handling instructions, etc.: Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, State RACES coordinator http://ronhashiro.htohananet.com/am-...awaii/scd.html Disaster Radio in Hawaii http://aditl.com/dradio/ Click on the section: Forms and tutorials (2006 - revised) American Radio Relay League (ARRL) http://www.arrl.org For more info, contact your local ARES/RACES leaders. If not sure, send me the email and I will forward it, but please specify where you live (e.g., Hawaii Kai, O`ahu). #forms-2006 Lastly, please be professional, courteous, accurate, and - above all - patient; emergencies bring out the best and worst in us. Please feel free to forward this email. Thank you, Kevin Bogan, AH6QO Section Emergency Coordinator, Pacific Section |
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