By J.M. Rowe, N5XFW - Section Manager
The Batesville hamfest is this weekend. This is is an event that is getting bigger every year, thanks to the hospitality of the Batesville group. Here is the official website:
http://barchams.org/hamfest/index.htm I hope to see a huge crowd.
The scenario for this year's Simulated Emergency Test (SET) is the Section Manager and the Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) are in Batesville for a hamfest when the New Madrid Seismic Zone turns loose.
The earthquake traps them both in the Batesville area, and they are unable to immediately travel back to Little Rock. The Batesville group has graciously offered their assistance, and we will be looking to make a bunch of contacts. The various net managers should already have been contacted by the Section Traffic Manager WW5AA to discuss their participation. See http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/aresracessop.pdf
for more information about various nets. The SEC W5JLG and I appreciate all the activity!
I have been asked to join a panel discussing communications at the Albert Pike Flood. We are to meet at the Arkansas Interoperable Communications Conference. Go to http://www.awin.arkansas.gov/ for vendor and individual registrations, as well as forthcoming information. I understand there are a limited number of scholarships available for the registration fee, but I have no information about that. Check with your county Department of Emergency Management if you are interested in attending; they might have some help for you.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, November 9, 2009
Department of Health Exercise and Section Emergency Test
Hello all,
I wanted to make sure everyone is up to speed for the November 18 exercise and Section Emergency Test (SET). Here is a kind of timeline and other information.
At 0800 local we experience a big earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. For the first hour, in some counties, there are no commercial communications or power available. AWIN will not work. The only things functioning will be ham radio and satellite phones. Remember not all counties are playing in this exercise, and even fewer are playing in this part of the exercise. Messages can be about almost anything, and we will see several about needing resources. Lists would be well served to be sent digitally. I don't believe any Health and Welfare traffic will be passed during this exercise.
I wanted to make sure everyone is up to speed for the November 18 exercise and Section Emergency Test (SET). Here is a kind of timeline and other information.
At 0800 local we experience a big earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. For the first hour, in some counties, there are no commercial communications or power available. AWIN will not work. The only things functioning will be ham radio and satellite phones. Remember not all counties are playing in this exercise, and even fewer are playing in this part of the exercise. Messages can be about almost anything, and we will see several about needing resources. Lists would be well served to be sent digitally. I don't believe any Health and Welfare traffic will be passed during this exercise.
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