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From: John Newman <n9jn@...>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 3:42 PM
Subject: Statewide Exercise, September 24, 2022 - SAVE THE DATE

All Northeast Texas Amateur Radio Operators,

The Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) will be conducting a
statewide exercise on Saturday, September 24. It will be coordinated by
Texas State Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES). The purpose of
the exercise is to determine locations throughout the state of those
operators available to help with emergency communications during a major
statewide event. Please note that operators DO NOT have to be associated
with any entity to participate. The exercise is OPEN to all licensed
operators and is supported by ARES organizations throughout the state.

Data will be requested regarding certain facilities and services within a
2-mile radius of an operator's home. Exercise documents are available on the
etecs.org website under "September 2022 Emcomm Exercise Information" on the
main page.
NOTE: for this exercise the internet is NOT available.
The requested information will include the following data within the 2-mile
radius:
1. School(s) - Number
2. Hospital(s) - Number
3. Power Plant(s) - Number
4. Water Treatment Plants(s) - Number
5. Storm Shelter(s) - Number

The data will be collected by each State RACES region and forwarded to the
State Operations Center (SOC) in Austin. Northeast Texas is considered
Region 2 which includes TDEM (DPS) locations in Mt. Pleasant, Tyler and
Lufkin. Operators wishing to provide exercise data are requested to do so on
the various repeater systems throughout our area. We plan to RF link NESTx
system (Lufkin Hub), ETECS system (Tyler Hub), and FLG system (Cusseta Hub)
on Saturday, September 24 with a net control available starting at 0900 to
accept operator data. Please call State Exercise Net Control with your
information. The data collection will end at 1600 that day.

In addition to the voice transmission, the exercise calls for transmission
of this information via Winlink using the "check in form" found in the
Templates section. Type in the requested data in the comment section and
send to n9jn@.... Be sure to include your Lat/Lon in the check in
form.

It is recognized that many operators may not currently have Winlink
capability or have issues with getting Winlink set up. To that end, Winlink
training will be offered each Thursday evening at 1900 via Zoom. The Zoom
training will begin Thursday, August 4th at 1900 and repeat each Thursday
through September 15th. Also, there are links to Winlink training videos
(Wavetalkers) available on etecs.org website should you want to get a head
start. Click on "September 2022 Emcomm Exercise Information" on the main
page.

Here is the link to join the Zoom training on August 4th:

Meeting ID: 652 157 7241
Passcode: 123456

Please provide wide distribution of this exercise notice to all clubs,
organizations, and individual operators in your area. Remember operators do
not have to be members of RACES or ARES to participate. Also, remember to
mark your calendars now.
It is desired that ALL operators in the Northeast Texas Region will
participate. Thanks in advance for your participation.

73,
John Newman, N9JN
State RACES Regional Officer
NTX ARES DEC9