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2015 MARS COMEX & ARES-Oklahoma
Exercise Date Sunday, November 8, 2015
Exercise Times Amateur activity may operate during the approx. time frame - from 1000L and should conclude activity by 1700L.
Summary At the end of this week Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) will conduct a coronal mass ejection (CME) disaster communication exercise. ARES-Oklahoma, as well as all any Radio Amateur group involved in providing emergency communications (such as supporting a local EOC) in Oklahoma are asked to assist with this exercise.
ARES-Oklahoma participation
To support the MARS COMEX we ask all ARES-Oklahoma to participate in gathering information requested by MARS stations working the MARS COMEX. To that end ARES-OK will call THREE Statewide HF nets and ALL LOCAL groups, ARES-OK or other affiliation are encouraged to call at VHF/UHF net to support local information gathering during the MARS COMEX.
What?s working in this exercise? VHF/UHF Simplex or Repeaters HF ALL DIGITAL Modes Our ingenuity
Statewide HF Nets during MARS COMEX
The ARES-OK Statewide HF ARES Net will be active at several scheduled times to support the MARS COMEX - the times noted below.
ALL Radio Amateurs in OKLAHOMA are encouraged to check-in to the ARES-OK Statewide HF ARES Net.
The ARES-OK Statewide HF Net will be active in support of MARS COMEX for the purpose of forwarding messages over longer distances than can not be handled on local VHF and UHF nets, and to give increased exposure to ARES throughout the state and to encourage ARES membership and activity through a high level of visibility. This is also a good opportunity for all OKLAHOMA Radio Amateurs to test and practice operations HF equipment ? IF POSISABLE ? BUT NOT REQUIRED - on back up powers systems and/or NVIS type antennas.
Net #1 ARES-OK Statewide HF NetStart time 1100L Net #2 ARES-OK Statewide HF NetStart time 1300L
Net #3 (the Regular weekly) ARES-OK Statewide HF Netat 1530L (2130 UTC)
Length of each Net will be based on traffic volume and need.
Primary frequency: 7260KHz Lower Sideband Phone +/- QRM (+/- QRM = translates to up or down the band depending on use or noise).
ALT frequency: 3900KHz Lower Sideband Phone +/- QRM
You may have to tune around to find the net. ARES-OK Net Control Stations (NCS) will be controlling this net session.
For Net #1 & #2 of the day these will be open to ALL stations supporting the MARS COMEX. NCS will NOT use the ?Roll Call? check-in system for these nets. Suggest that the NCS take check-in by Regions of the State (Section).
Net #3 checking into the net will follow the ?Roll Call? check-in system that is normally conducted during the weekly Sunday ARES-OK HF Net.
Once the roll is complete the Net will be open to check-ins/comments from ALL Radio Amateurs in OKLAHOMA.
At the discretion of the ARES-OK Net Control Station ? any of the nets should be opened up to check-in stations from outside of Oklahoma.
Local VHF/UHF Nets during MARS COMEX
ARES-OK or other affiliation are encouraged to call a VHF/UHF net to support local information gathering during the MARS COMEX. It is highly recommended that there be a strong liaison between each local net/group and the Statewide HF nets to facilitate the efficient movement of traffic and information gathering for the MARS COMEX.
LOCAL VHF/UHF NetStart time 1200L
Length of the Net will be based on traffic volume and need.
DIGITAL:
All events REQUIRE proper documentation.
All tactical traffic should be logged by each station on an ICS-309AR form. http://www.aresok.org/downloads/Ics309%20ar.pdf
Each station/group should log all activity on an ICS-214 form. http://www.aresok.org/downloads/ICS%20214-AR%20Log.pdf
Formal message traffic should be written to insure proper handling of the message. To better interface with our served agencies ARES-OK will work toward transitioning to the NIMS message form ISC-213. The ISC-213 form may be downloaded from http://www.aresok.org/downloads/ics213.pdf and reproduced as necessary.
There is NO reporting requirement for non-MARS stations.
Got Questions?
If you have questions about the MARS portion of this COMEX, please contact Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY mars.exercises@gmail.com.
If you have questions about DIGITAL please contact Jeff Scoville, AE5ME ae5me@yahoo.com
If you have questions about ARES-OK please contact your Regional EC via the ?Contact Us? tab on www.ARESOK.org and/or please feel free to contact the SEC.
Good Luck,
Mark Conklin, N7XYO Oklahoma Section Emergency Coordinator Amateur Radio Emergency Service 918.232.8346 n7xyo@arrl.net
www.ARESOK.org
BACKGROUND:
ARES/RACES Teams Expected to Join MARS in Coronal Mass Ejection Disaster Exercise
Preparations are nearly in place for the previously announced Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) coronal mass ejection (CME) disaster communication exercise, which will take place Saturday through Tuesday, November 7-10. Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) groups are expected to participate in the quarterly contingency HF exercise in support of the US Department of Defense.
"We are looking forward to this exercise and the opportunity to partner and train with the larger Amateur Radio community," Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, told ARRL. The exercise scenario will simulate a CME event and focus on actions that radio operators should take prior to and following such an event, which could impact HF propagation. English said leaders from Army and Air Force MARS will hold a final exercise coordination teleconference on October 28 "to answer any final questions about the exercise and make sure everyone is ready to train."
English said he's responded to some 90 inquiries from ARES and RACES groups as well as from individuals who would like to involve their ARES teams, and he expects about 50 ARES/RACES-affiliated organizations to participate. He said a few additional active duty military units also hope to take part in the exercise.
English said the November exercise would simulate a radio blackout as well as infrastructure damage. "During the exercise, we will simulate the blackout with a 3 hour pause, and then we will bring stations back on air and begin handling requests for information," he told ARRL.
Training objectives for this exercise will include understanding what a CME is and how much forecast lead time can be expected; the effects associated with a CME, and what precautions radio operators take to protect their equipment, prior to a severe CME. Following the simulated CME, operators will assess its effects and report that information. This will involve "inter-operation with Amateur Radio operators and groups to assist in assessment," English said.
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