[HIham] May 19 and 20, 2007, 0900W: Makani Pahili Hurricane Exercise for Amateur Radio Operators

[Kevin C. Bogan]

Hurricane season is June 1 to November 30, 2007.  On O`ahu, Skywarn 
training, May 24, 2007, contact Emergency Amateur Radio Club 
(ah6qo at arrl.org)
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.
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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 
[moody at hawaii.edu] 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 are:
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-radio/hawaii/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