ARES, HiCoARES,  KHRC, BIARC, others,

Please check in on the Hawaii State VOAD repeater, 146.72 MHz (PL 100.0 Hz) Maunakea on this coming Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Please help us map the extent of coverage of the Maunakea repeater by checking in on the HSVOAD net from as many locations as possible.

This is an emcomm repeater, so please use best practices as given by the NCS when operating on the repeater.

The NCS for this Saturday’s HSVOAD net will be Eric, KH6CQ

The MOA with the Institute for Astronomy stipulates that the repeater only be turned on for an emergency declared by the Governor of the State of Hawaii and for testing at noon for one hour each month on the FIRST SATURDAY of each month – a change from the past.

This repeater serves the member agencies (e.g., East Hawaii VOAD, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention, Team Rubicon, ARES and more <https://hivoad.communityos.org/cms/membership>) and their partners (e.g., HI-EMA, HCCDA, MEMA, etc.)

Some of you did not receive the original information on the change of day.  There was miscommunication and we are working to make sure that further information is sent to all necessary operators.

Please pass this on to others.

Thanks,

Kevin Bogan, AH6QO
ASM Hawaii State VOAD ARES Liaison
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