Disaster Radio in Hawaii

Disaster Radio

Using Amateur Radio during Disasters and Emergencies in Hawaii

Web admin: Jim Yuen [WH6GS
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What's New in Hawaii? [Latest meetings and events for Hawaii Hams]

Aloha, welcome to the Disaster Radio Information Website.
This site provides a collection of useful articles, forms, links and other information for Hams to use in an emergency or disaster, especially in the Hawaiian Islands.

Check this page out NOW... When disaster strikes, the Internet may not be available.

Hawaii has many Ham radio support organizations: [see the site map below for links]

State RACES

Oahu RACES

State ARES

County ARES

Health Comm (for the Hawaii Healthcare Hospitals)

VOAD (for Hawaii Hotel Association)

Forms and tutorials - revised 2006

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Tutorials

How to write a disaster message
Phonetic Alphabet
Disaster message exercise
Attachment 2
Attachment 11
Bad Message Example
Emcomm Precedence
ARES Field Manual

A quick trainer and field resources guide for the emergency communicator, published by ARRL.

North Fulton County, Georgia ARES

An EXCELLENT resource on procedures, printable forms, NVIS antennas, etc.

Forms

Forms and Tutorials - NTS and OCDA

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Message Handling Tutorial (.pdf)

A step-by-step guide on how to fill out and send a message.

New OCDA Races Message Form (2005)

Message form in .Doc format

Old OCDA RACES Radio Comm Message Form

OCDA RACES Radio Comm Message Form in .RTF file format

NTS-style Message Form (.pdf) (.doc)

Blank Message Form for sending and receiving traffic.

Incoming Message Log (.pdf)

Form for logging incoming traffic.

Outgoing Message Log (.pdf)

Form for logging outgoing traffic.

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Information and Procedures
The EARC Nightly Net Control Script
A step-by-step guide used by the Net Control Station to run the evening net.
The EARC Nightly Net Control Script (.pdf )
Print this .pdf file for a formated copy of the script.

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Equipment and Tech Stuff

Choosing a radio for emergency communications - some factors and recommendations
72 Hour Kit - a list of recommended items
Polly, the Radio Shack Simplex Repeater a low cost solution to radio access in difficult places or when a repeater goes down in an emergency situation.
Obsolete - Molex DC power connectors and how to configure them
Anderson Powerpole connectors and how to configure them
Field Deployed NVIS and How To Use It - Article on practical NVIS research