[SFDXA] ARLX010 Big Island ARES Districts Activate to Support Possible Hurricane Response in Hawaii

[William Marx]

> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX010
> ARLX010 Big Island ARES Districts Activate to Support Possible
> Hurricane Response in Hawaii
> 
> ZCZC AX10
> QST de W1AW  
> Special Bulletin 10  ARLX010
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  August 31, 2016
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX010
> ARLX010 Big Island ARES Districts Activate to Support Possible
> Hurricane Response in Hawaii
> 
> ARRL Pacific Section Emergency Coordinator Clement Jung, KH7HO, has
> announced the activation of all four Amateur Radio Emergency Service
> (ARES) districts on the Big Island of Hawaii, to support each other
> and served agencies as two hurricanes - Madeline and Lester -
> threaten. A hurricane watch remains in effect for Hawaii County.
> 
> A SKYWARN net activated on August 31 as Hurricane Madeline
> approached the Big Island, and KH6SW went on the air from the
> National Weather Service (NWS) Honolulu Forecast Office on HF, VHF,
> and UHF. A second SKYWARN activation for Hurricane Lester will begin
> on September 2 at 10 PM (0800 UTC on September 3), continuing until
> Monday, September 5 at noon (2200 UTC).
> 
> As of 1200 UTC, Madeline, now a Category 1 storm, was located about
> 200 miles east of Hilo and 410 miles east-southeast of Honolulu,
> with maximum sustained winds near 90 MPH. The storm is moving to the
> west at 12 MPH.
> 
> As of 0900 UTC, Hurricane Lester, a much stronger Category 4 storm,
> was some 1160 miles east of Hilo, with maximum sustained winds of
> 140 MPH and moving to the west at 12 MPH. NOAA has advised interests
> in Hawaii to monitor Lester's progress.
> 
> ARES teams were set to initiate local repeater nets, holding 146.52
> MHz simplex in reserve in case repeaters go down. Plans call for
> using HF (7.180 and 3.975 MHz) to relay traffic via Auxiliary
> Communications Service (ACS) nets to the Hawaii County Civil Defense
> Agency Emergency Operations Center (EOC). SKYWARN traffic will use
> Fldigi MT63 1KL or voice on 7.080 MHz (USB), with 3.888 MHz (LSB) as
> an alternate frequency, and 7.095 MHz available to support informal
> and tactical traffic.
> 
> Jung said that if Hawaii Emergency Management Agency RACES is
> activated, it will monitor 7.088 MHz (LSB) for voice and Fldigi
> MT63-1KL. Until then, SKYWARN will be the statewide HF net control
> station on 7.080 MHz (USB) for voice and Fldigi.
> 
> Hawaii Governor David Ige has declared a state of emergency in the
> state, with the Big Island under a hurricane warning for Madeline -
> now a Category 2 storm. The National Weather Service has indicated
> that hurricane conditions could occur on the Big Island within the
> next 24 hours. Public schools in Hawaii have been closed, and the
> governor was urging residents of the Big Island to take steps to
> protect people and property. A dozen schools have been designated to
> serve as emergency evacuation shelters.
> 
> In addition to HF, KH6SW will operate on these repeaters:
> 
> * 146.660 (EARC, Windward Oahu)
> * 146.760 (DEM RACES, Peackcock Flat, North Shore Oahu)
> * 146.800 (EARC, Manakapu, Oahu)
> * 146.880 (DEM RACES, Diamond Head)
> * 146.980 (DEM RACES, Downtown Honolulu)
> * 147.060 (State RACES, Diamond Head)
> * 444.350 (State RACES, Diamond Head)
> NNNN
> /EX