Makani Pahili 

After Action Report (AAR)

Richard (Rick) Kimitsuka KH6OM (DEM RACES/ARES
Emergency Coordinator, District 4)
Doug Morgan KH6U (ARES)

June 2, 2014

The following AAR reflects the timeline of the operation of the Windward Oahu Hawaii Emergency and Shelter Communications Plan Revised Version dated December 18, 2013 in the Makani Pahili Hurricane Exercise held on May 31, 2014.  Command and control operations were conducted on 147.00 MHz Repeater from ARRL Official Emergency Station, KH6OM, located in Kailua Heights.   
0900 - Reading of Preamble and taking check in's by locations:  
	Station Tactical Call				Operators	
	BYU (Brigham Young University)		N2AL Neil, WH7D Perry
	Retreat Center (Windward R C)		WH6EKV Brian
	Castle High School				WH6ECG Evan
	St. John Vianney				KH7HO Clem, WH7GG Keith, WH7Y      Jan
	EOC IV					AH6LL Lovell
	Kalaheo High School			WH6DSL Dave
	Pope Elementary School			WH6EKO Calvin / Frencha
0920 - Read SCD bulletin ALPHA.  20 MPH winds, Residents seeking "in place shelters or designated shelters."
NET CONTROL BEGINS TO ASSEMBLE DATA ON STATION RESOURCES:
Windward Net Control - HF, VHF, UHF, Emergency Power, 147.36, 146.06, 444.325 DEM portable repeater 444.175
	BYU - HF, VHF, FLdigi, Emergency Power
	Retreat Center - VHF, FLdigi
	Castle High School - VHF, UHF, Fldigi, Emergency Power, 147.06, 444.325
	St. John Vianney - HF, VHF, UHF, FLdigi, Emergency Power, 147.36, 444.325
	EOC IV - VHF, FLdigi,
Kalaheo H. S. - VHF, UHF, FLdigi, Emergency Power, 146.76, 147.06, 444.325, 444.350
	Pope Elementary School - VHF, Emergency Power, 147.06
0920 - Simplex Tests - To shorten time frame for test, Net Control transmits on 147.00  
SIMPLEX and ask stations to respond by reporting their ability to hear Net Control after returning to 147.00 Repeater.  
The following could hear KH6OM on 147.000 MHz SIMPLEX:  BYU, St. John Vianney, Kalaheo High School, Pope Elementary 
The following could NOT hear KH6OM on 147.00 SIMPLEX:
W/W Retreat Center
	Castle High School
	EOC IV.
0945 - KH6OM reads Information BRAVO - 75+ MPH winds, Commercial power failures
0955 - KH6OM sends FLdigi MACRO to Tactical Stations.  Following stations received	
	MACRO
BYU, W/W Retreat Center, Castle H.S., EOC 14, Kalaheo H.S.  (5 DIGITAL Messages)
	The following could NOT decode MACRO - St. John Vianney
1001 - Pope Elementary checks out of NET.  
1002 - NET CONTROL asks each station to send FLdigi Message:  The following results tabulate the FLdigi Message Handling by Stations RECEIVING DATA.
	BYU - Transmitter / computer problem - Team will reset computer. 
	WW Retreat - BYU (1 Digital Message)
	BYU - Tries again - no good
	Castle H.S. - Net Control, BYU, W/W Retreat, Castle H.S., EOC IV, Kalaheo H.S.
		(6 Digital Messages)
W/W Retreat Center - Net Control, BYU, Castle H.S., St. John Vianney (check sum error, but okay), EOC IV, Kalaheo H.S.  (6 digital messages)
	St. John Vianney - Sent one HF message to Kalaheo H.S. (1 digital message)
St. John Vianney - Net Control, BYU, W/W Retreat, Castle H.S., EOC IV, Kalaheo H.S. (6 digital messages)
1024 - Read Information CHARLIE Simulated winds have ended and people are able to leave shelters.  Recovery phase begins. 
1026 - PHASE II - Second Digital Messages - involving messages to be forwarded directly or by relay to the American Red Cross.  NCS checking to see if digital messages being RECEIVED by Tactical Stations. 
EOC IV - Net Control, BYU, W/W Retreat, St. John Vianney - partial copy, Kalaheo H.S. 90%, Castle H.S.  (4 digital messages)
	Kalaheo H.S. - Net Control, BYU, W/W Retreat, Castle H.S., St. John Vianney
	(check sum error) Okay, EOC IV.  (6 Digital Messages)
St. John Vianney asked to send message received from Kalaheo H.S. to American Red Cross.  Net Control releases St. John Vianney to deliver message. (2 digital messages)
	W/W Retreat asked to send message to American Red Cross concerning lunch 
	count.  St. John Vianney takes message.  (1 digital messages)
	NET CONTROL - calls for 15 minute BREAK for all tactical stations
1047 - Kalaheo H.S. checks out.
1050 - Net Control calls for remaining participating Stations - BYU, W/W retreat, Castle
	H.S., St. John Vianney.  
1053 - St. John Vianney reports that Lunch Count Message verbally sent to and verified by ARC of lunch count message.  (2 analog messages)
1119 - Castle H.S. sends Shelter Management Report on FLdigi 1KL, repeater times out and all receiving stations, BYU, W/W, Retreat, EOC IV report partial message received.  (0 digital messages)
1128 - Net Control begins alternate repeater testing.  KH6OM asks all stations to first tune radios to 444.175 DEM repeater at KH6OM for 2 minutes, then to 146.640 for 2 minutes, then to 146.660 for 2 minutes, finally back to 147.000 Net Control Frequency. 
	Following were the positive results of the Alternate Repeater Test: 
	444.175 DEM Portable - St. John Vianney
	146.640 Laie EARC Repeater - W/W Retreat, St. John Vianney, EOC IV
	146.660 - Repeater Locked on - St John Vianney
	Back to Net Control Frequency  (0 analog messages)
1138 - COLLECTION OF ACTION REPORTS  
BYU - Went Well - Net control procedures during Exercise.  Suggestion - Work on improving procedures
	W/W Retreat - Went well - Got over Panic; Suggestion - UHF check?  
	Castle High School - Went well 
	** Suggestion: Split American Red Cross Shelter Report into 2 messages; 
	repeater timed out. 
	St. John Vianney - Went well - Site is a sweet spot for HF / VHF operations
	Suggestions: Need more preparation to relay messages.  Equipment issues
	(computer soft / hard ware, power management issues).  More talking with
	shelter folks
EOC IV - Went well - Enjoyed Communications; suggestion:  Improve equipment, amateur Radio equipment has evidence of lizard presence. 
1148 - Net Control Shut Down Makani Pahili Hurricane Exercise

NET CONTROL SUMMARY:  Total analog messages handled – 2; total digital messages handled – 38; NET CONTROL noted difficulty with first attempts at Fldigi, but gratefully noted that most issues were quickly resolved.
Net Control Operator Rick (KH6OM) would like to thank everyone who had a part in exercising the Windward Oahu Hawaii Emergency and Shelter Communications Plan dated December 18, 2013.  Special Thanks to KH7HO Clem Jung for authoring and revising the plan.  Thanks go to Doug Morgan (KH6U) who worked as a Station Manager and scribe played a crucial part in keeping KH6OM on course throughout the exercise and was instrumental in the assembly of the After Action Report (AAR).  Doug also came over a week early to help install a more permanent set up for the 40 meter Bazooka antenna.  Thank you to all participating amateur radio operators and special welcome to amateurs participating from  new sites at Brigham Young University,  the Windward Retreat Center, St. John Vianney  and Pope Elementary School.  Thanks to all who kept past sites operational at Castle High School, Kalaheo High School, EOC IV.  Thanks to all who were at St. John Vianney, a American Red Cross Shelter simulating a ARC Congregate Shelter, all the volunteers who manned the shelter, and the observers who evaluated the simulation. Net Control Station (Rick) KH6OM looks forward to working with all of you as the Windward Oahu Hawaii Emergency and Shelter and Communications Plan will be exercised in the Makani Pahili 2015.  
Richard Kimitsuka releases all rights to this document.  Any and all parts may be used to assemble the County / State After Action Report (AAR) for Makani Pahili 2014.