Hazel II Message Information

This exercise is designed to improve skills with messages handling in a simulated emergency settings.  Traffic will be created for each person, group or agency participating.  This means that you would receive a number of messages prior to the exercise that will be outgoing from your area.  A number of messages are designed to flow into your area.  For these messages that you receive, you will generate a response based on the simulated conditions at your location.  If you have an agency representative present please have that person to give you the reply to the traffic.

For Skywarn reports, you will be sent a description of simulated weather events that will occur in your area and the time sequence.  If the Skywarn net needs weather information from your area, base your report on what is in the scenario.  There may be varying weather conditions in a county so feel free to report even if someone from your area has already submitted a weather report.

Example, "We have had 2 inches of rain in the past hour at Cana and wind is downing trees and I am now operating on generator power  a second report from the same county will be sent that reads, "Roadways covered with flood water and Route 58 is blocked 1/2 mile west of the intersection of Route 52 and 58.  We have had 3.5 inches of rain in the past 45 minutes.  I have received a report from W4ZZZ that he has 6" of rain on White Top in Grayson County within the past 2 hours at an elevation of 4200 feet."  One of these locations is below the Blue Ridge and the second is on the crest of the Blue Ridge and the third is in the Virginia highlands so weather conditions are very different but within a few miles of each other.

Try to use all modes available to you.  For long haul voice use HF SSB, CW, and  broad-coverage repeaters.  For longer digital messages that require precision use Winlink or Packet.  For local and regional traffic use VHF/UHF FM through repeaters and simplex were possible.  Chip64 may be available on 80 meters for HF digital.  If you have messages that require a long haul and you do not have Winlink or HF privileges, take your traffic to a local net and someone will pick it up and move it to the distant location.

If you have questions contact me at W4GHS(AT)ARRL.NET or call 276-398-3548