Amateur radio operators throughout Hawaii responding to Hurricane Olivia which arrives in Hawaiian waters on Wednesday September 11, 2018. This page provides progress information on the event. It is updated infrequently, so check the latest advisories from the National Weather Services and Emergency Management agencies.
Last update is Thursday August 6, 10:15 pm. Click here for the last update to the timeline.
Activities are chronicled here. It's not a question of "If", it's a question of "When".
Enjoy, and feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any questions.
Overview
Early storm track forecasts for Hurricane Oliva had the track approaching from the east of the Hawaiian islands.
Hurricane Olivia approaches as a Category 4 storm.
Hurricane Olivia information
Information on Hurricane Olivia and personal preparations can be found at these links:
- Preparation plans for hurricanes
- Charge your batteries, gas up your vehicles, have cash on hand
and secure your yard and patio items outdoors from high winds
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center
- NWS Forecast Office, Honolulu Watches and Warnings
- NWS Forecast Office, Honolulu
- JTWC Graphic
- University of Hawaii Meteorology Department
- University of Hawaii Meteorology Department
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, Kauai
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, Molokai
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, North Hawaii
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, South Hawaii
- NWS WFO HNL, Surf Forecast
- NWS WFO HNL, Local Storm Reports
- USGS Hydrological Data
- Honolulu International Airport Information
- FEMA
- Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency
- Kauai Civil Defense
- (Oahu) Department of Emergency Management
- Maui County Civil Defense
- Hawaii County Civil Defense
- American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter
- Dept of Education Schools
- NWS CPHC Hurricane Lane Archive
Reminder
A reminder: Being prepared is a personal responsibility. Stock up ahead of time, and don't get caught in the mad rush to the store to buy stuff. The National Weather Service offers a list of items for preparedness and planning.
A reminder for the general population (and amateur radio operators alike) that the primary means of timely notification of an alert is via the NOAA National Weather Service Weather Alert radios.
Amateur Radio
The amateur radio leadership of NWS SKYWARN and Hawaii (State) Emergency Management Agency RACES and DEM (Department of Emergency Management) RACES will coordinated a joint net on the state-wide VHF Repeater system for passing storm information to the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast office at HIG Building, University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, with supplemental traffic for SCD and DEM. The repeaters of DEM RACES (Oahu County) and SCD are planned to be linked using ALL-STAR VOIP linking to create a eight node repeater cluster of both State-wide and around-the-island repeaters for Oahu for reporting and monitoring purposes.
Coordination is via the DMR Hawaii group of repeaters.
| TBD | TBD |
Maui RACES/ARES start operations in Maui EOC. KH6H staffing. |
| TBD | TBD |
SKYWARN Coordinator ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) Clem Jung issues preliminary SKYWARN net schedule. |
| TBD | TBD |
ARES activated. |
| TBD | TBD |
Maui RACES activated. |
| TBD | TBD |
SKYWARN net activated. |
| TBD | TBD |
Start of HI EMA RACES net. HI EMA RACES is monitoring the SKYWARN VHF/UHF net. |
Repeater Frequencies
These VHF/UHF amateur radio frequencies are designated for operations during Hurricane Lane.
| Island | Frequency | Mode | Offset | PL Frequency | DEM | EARC | HI EMA | SKYWARN/DEM/HI EMA Net | Comments |
| Oahu | 146.66 | FM | - | X | X | EARC Kailua EOC | |||
| Oahu | 146.76 | FM | - | 88.5 | X | X | DEM Mokuleia | ||
| Oahu | 146.80 | FM | - | X | X | EARC Mauna Kapu | |||
| Oahu | 146.88 | FM | - | 88.5 | X | X | X | DEM/EARC Diamond Head | |
| Oahu | 146.98 | FM | - | 88.5 | X | X | DEM FFMB | ||
| Oahu | 147.00 | FM | + | 103.5 | Kaneohe, Stand Alone | ||||
| Maui | 147.02 | FM | + | X | X | HI EMA Haleakala, out of service | |||
| Kauai | 147.04 | FM | + | 103.5 | X | X | HI EMA Lihue, out of service | ||
| Big Island | 147.04 | FM | + | 103.5 | X | X | HI EMA Mauna Loa, out of service | ||
| Oahu | 147.06 | FM | + | 103.5 | X | X | HI EMA Diamond Head, out of service | ||
| Big Island | 147.20 | FM | + | 100 | Mauna Kea repeater | ||||
| Oahu | 444.325 | FM | + | 103.5 | X | X | HI EMA Waimanalo | ||
| Oahu | 444.350 | FM | + | 103.5 | X | X | HI EMA Diamond Head |
The DEM EOC and SKYWARN simplex frequency will be 146.58 MHz in the event of a repeater system outage. The Oahu district simplex plan is in effect.
HF Frequencies
These HF amateur radio frequencies are designated for operations during Hurricane Lane.
| EOC | Frequency | Mode | Comments |
| Hawaii County | 3888 kHz | LSB | Hawaii County ACS (TBD) |
| HI EMA | 3993.5 kHz | LSB | HI EMA RACES |
| HI EMA | 5330.5 kHz | USB | HI EMA RACES |
| NWS Manoa | 7080 kHz | USB | SKYWARN |
| HI EMA | 7088 kHz | LSB | HI EMA RACES |
| Hawaii County | 7095 kHz | LSB | Hawaii County ACS |
| Hawaii County | 7178 kHz | LSB | HI EMA Alternate |
| Hawaii County | 7195 kHz | LSB | Hawaii County ACS Alternate (TBD) |
| American Red Cross | TBD | LSB | |
| DEM RACES | TBD | LSB | DEM RACES |
| Healthcomm | TBD | LSB |
Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency
HI EMA RACES operations is planned to be handled remotely. The SKYWARN/DEM RACES net and 7088 kHz are monitored remotely for traffic.
Department of Emergency Management RACES
DEM RACES to staff the EOC starting on TBD.
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