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   ARLX010 Big Island ARES Districts Activate to Support Possible Hurricane   
   Response in Hawaii   
      
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   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)   
      
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