Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Next South Oahu ARES Net - Friday March 5th, 2021, 8pm
A big mahalo to Mike WH6DLP for being the net control for last week's net. We had 19 checkins, spanning from Hahaione Valley, Hawaii Kai, Kaimuki, Waikiki, Honolulu, Ewa Beach, Miliani, Wahiawa, Waipio Gentry and more!
The next simplex net will be this Friday, March 5th, 2021, at 8pm. Todd WH6DWF "Waikiki-1", will be the net control. We encourage all licensed radio amateurs within RF range of Honolulu to participate. We will start on the 146.98 repeater, and then move to 146.565 after we have taken checkins, and then return to 146.980 to give signal reports.
If you can't hear net control, please wait - we will send relays your way to pick up your checkin. It's also a good idea to 'monitor' the 146.980 repeater, because the net will return that repeater after the simplex portion is completed.
We hope to hear you on the simplex net this Friday! Aloha and 73!
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I want to state that this is an opportunity to learn from Hurricane Maria that devastated the island of Puerto Rico from two years ago. We have the advantage of learning from history, plain and simple.
ReplyDeleteIf you take a closer look at the infrastructure of Oahu verses PR, we are not much different, mainly smaller in square miles. We have above ground and below ground power lines but all three of our power generating plants are practically built on or next to large bodies of water, mean we should expect islandwide power loses during a major hurricane or tsunami.
With that said, we all need to learn how to do simplex operations to the point that it comes to all of us second nature. That’s what we need to strive for.
This requires hard work, dedication and net discipline. Most of all, having faith in our abilities and making improvements to our stations. This is also an opportunity for experienced hams to step up to the plate and become elmers to all the newer hams. We also must keep in mind that Hawaii has been extremely lucky in recent years when it comes to tsunamis and that we’ve had some close calls when it comes to major hurricanes. We must never let our guard down and work together to reach the top 2%, as Kevin Bogan AH6QO refers to, as the best trained hams in the nation. I’ll remind everyone that we are more than 2,600 miles from the nearest landmass, meaning that we will be on our own for weeks before real help and supplies can arrive after any disaster event. We must rely on ourselves, our training and shear will power to survive a major disaster event.
Therefore, good, strong communications skills are required in order to have the best responses to our disaster events in Hawaii. Communications is needed not just on Oahu but among all the islands. That means establishing good relationships with fellow hams on this island and building connections to other islands as well.
Therefore, we will be doing these simplex nets every Friday evening at 8pm. We will be doing some experimental nets to see if we can learn more things such as incorporating Cross Band Repeat operations and even some digital simplex modes that many people has never tried before, including myself. We will experiment until we see things that may work under the worst possible conditions during a disaster event. We will have open discussions as to off grid applications and sharing information to spark new ideas. This means having an open mind to new and old ideas, requiring the experience of older and younger hams. It is our hope that experimental ideas will have benefits in other areas of Amateur radio to include emergency communications to include EmComm, RACES, AREAS, Hawaii Red Cross, PTWC and the National Weather Service in many of these cases. With Covid19 responses also playing a role in how we all work together to achieve our goals and how we move forward and not backwards. This means taking advantage of new technology and old school technology where applicable. Nothing is off the table, we must search for what can work.
We will do our best to learn from history, mainly with what happen in Puerto Rico two years ago and hopefully raise the bar for the entire Amateur radio hobby in terms of responses to disaster events. We must have faith and build confidence in our abilities, not in luck. Let’s roll...