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<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Good Evening:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>DOD MARS is running a
disaster exercise. The most intense time is SUNDAY. They really, really, really
want to talk to you.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><U><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>IN A NUT
SHELL:</SPAN></U></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I’ve spoken with them. The
DOD wants MARS to establish contact with many Amateur Radio operators during the
period 11/8 through 11/10 (Sunday through Tuesday). They plan to visit
established HF nets. I plan to be a liaison station at the OEM and check into
the Texas RACES net on SUNDAY, 2 PM local, 7.255 MHz. You are encouraged to
check into the Texas RACES net or the EMROG net that will start on Sunday, 1:45
PM on 145.49 MHz. As a liaison, I will relay between you and MARS. (For the
Texas RACES net you will need your Texas RACES number.)</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>For each contact, MARS will
request the following:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white">-
state/county name</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, sans-serif"><BR><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND: white">- status of the following services: power, water,
sanitation, medical, </SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white">communications, and
transportation</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white"></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, sans-serif; BACKGROUND: white">I encourage
any who wish to be at the OEM during this net to come, just let me know. The HF
radio will be made available even to those without HF privilege as there will be
a grade appropriate operator at the “control point”.</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><U><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>PLEASE REPLY STATING IF
YOU WILL OR WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.</SPAN></U></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><U><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>BACKGROUND:</SPAN></U></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Source:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>ARRL News,
09/28/2015</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>http://www.arrl.org/news/mars-invites-ares-races-participation-in-coronal-mass-ejection-disaster-exercise</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Event:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>MARS Invites ARES/RACES
Participation in Coronal Mass Ejection Disaster Exercise</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Body:</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>A disastrous coronal mass
ejection (CME) will be the focus of a national Military Auxiliary Radio System
(MARS) communication exercise in early November, and MARS is hoping to
collaborate with Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur Civil
Emergency Service (RACES) groups. The MARS exercise will get under way on
November 8 and continue into November 10. It will be a quarterly contingency HF
exercise in support of the US Department of Defense.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“The exercise scenario will
simulate a CME event and focus on actions that radio operators should take prior
to and following a CME event,” explained Army MARS Program Manager Paul English,
WD8DBY. “One thing we want to continue to work on is the interface with the
greater Amateur Radio community.”</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>CMEs are huge explosions of
gas, plasma, and electromagnetic radiation from the Sun, which are responsible
for geomagnetic storms. Solar flares can accompany CMEs, but they are not the
same thing. A CME can take anywhere from 1 day to 3 days to reach Earth. CMEs
occur all the time, but most bypass Earth with minor effects. A major CME that
hits Earth directly could damage or destroy satellites as well as terrestrial
communication and electrical power infrastructure.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>English said the November
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.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>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.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>After the simulated CME,
operators will assess its effects and begin reporting that information. This
will involve “interoperation with Amateur Radio operators and groups to assist
in assessment.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'></SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Amateur Radio operators,
ARES, and RACES are encouraged to participate in this exercise. Contact
MARS and provide your contact information, if your organization group is
interested.</SPAN></P>
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