30 August
-- Daytime
Texas Traffic Net (DTTN) relinquishes the 7285 kHz frequency to the West Gulf
Coast ARES Net. Many of the DTTN
members (including W5ALL in Roswell, NM) put on their ARES hats. Because of his location in Roswell, W5ALL
was able to copy Gulf Coast ARES stations on 7285 kHz and also copy Salvation
Army (SATERN) stations on 14.265 MHz.
He was thus able to relay several emergency messages between the
20-meter and 40-meter emergency nets.
31 August -- More of the above, plus
a little health and welfare traffic on 7290 kHz.
1 September Some liaison between 20
and 40-meter nets by W5ALL band conditions changing. All nets quit handling H/W traffic due to
the volume of emergency traffic.
2 September Due to changed band
conditions, monitoring only by W5ALL
3 September -- Due to poor band
conditions, monitoring only by W5ALL
4 September
-- KD5DXV,
KA1CXE, and KD5ZME asked to set up a 2-meter communication link between the
Chaves County EOC and the National Guard Armory. The Chaves County Office of Emergency Management, Teresa
Barncastle, requested this link in anticipation of the arrival of several
hundred evacuees from the Gulf Coast.
W5ALL receives
ARRL orders to proceed to Montgomery, AL for assignment in Mississippi.
5 September W5ALL departs early morning for Montgomery
with two HF and five VHF radios, with antennas and a lot of other gear
traveling in self-sustained camper van with generator. While in route, receives instructions to go
direct to Mobile, bypassing the Montgomery operation.
KD5DXV, KD5ZME,
and KA1CXE establish the special 2-meter link for the Chaves OEM.
6 September W5ALL arrives in Mississippi
7 September W5ALL arrives in Mobile where he receives
Red Cross credentials, permitting travel into the affected area. He is assigned to the South Central
Mississippi Chapter, headquartered in Hattiesburg, MS drives to Hattiesburg,
passing much destruction on the way.
8 September
21 September W5ALL serves as net
control for South Central Mississippi Red Cross VHF net 08002000 hrs. Worked in van, running generator for power.
22 September W5ALL starts return to
Roswell.