Hi Members of TVARC’s MailList (especially those interested in emergency communications),

Here are some links (webpages/URLs) regarding amateur radio’s involvement in the ongoing wildfire disaster on Maui (part of the Hawaiian Islands):

Maui Disaster Ham Radio Updates:

https://amrron.com/2023/08/10/maui-disaster-ham-radio-updates/

Hawaii emergency HF frequency 7.088 MHz (40 meters)

[K4QR/Tony: Yes, 7.088 MHz sounds like a strange (odd-ball) frequency to use but see the ARRL's

"US Amateur Radio Bands" color graphic (revised 9/22/2017), at this URL:

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band%20Chart/Band%20Chart%208_5%20X%2011%20Color.pdf]

Maui SDR radio:

http://mauisdr.com:8901/

Here’s an interesting, critical, and thought provoking discussion about ham radio’s role (or non-existent role) in today’s emergencies:

Thread’s title: "Where's the ARRL's vaunted EMCOMM?"

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/wheres-the-arrls-vaunted-emcomm.461718/

Some of the above references came from my participation in today’s SATERN Net (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network); other came from some quick searches of the Internet (using Google).  For more information on SATERN, see this link:

https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/usc/satern-program/

73,

Tony/K4QR

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