Synopsis:
As part of a multi-agency communications exercise on Saturday April 5, all amateurs in NY and NJ are requested to provide county status reports via voice on 60 meters or via Winlink ICS-213 message.
I just received the following info. Sorry about the short notice, but I was not previously aware that ARES/RACES participation was going to be requested for this particular exercise. The use of 60 Meters for collecting voice messages and passing standard formatted ICS-213 messages by voice or Winlink fits perfectly with the objectives of our spring SET and general ARES training. All NNY ARES members are strongly encouraged to participate.
This will only take a few minutes of your time. Let's show 100% NNY Section participation. For those who do not have 60 meter or Winlink capability, we could initiate a HF net on 75 or 40 meters voice, and/or a digital net using fldigi for those who have the capability. AN ICS-213 transmitted via fldigi + flmsg can easily be translated to a Winlink message and transmitted by another ARES station.
In preparation for Empire Challenge 2025 June 5th through 6th, there will be a dry run this Saturday, 05 April 2025, 0900-1400 EST.
This is a CSO: Civil Support Operations interoperability exercise inclusive of NYG SDF, NYNM, Army and Air Force MARS, DHSES, DHS SHARES and CAP ALL operating under DHS SHARES. SHARES operators will be collecting CSM: County Status Messages from each NY/NJ county.
ARES, RACES, and other Amateur Radio Operators are encouraged to submit an ICS-213 CSM: County Status Message via voice for their respective county on HF 60 Meter CH 5 (USB 5403.5 MHZ) or by Winlink ICS-213 message, as follows:
Voice Call: Monitor: HF 60 Meters Channel 5 (USB 5403.5 MHz dial frequency) between 1200-1400 EST. A designated station will take your ICS-213 CSM voice message traffic. We will ask for each plain language line item entry of the ICS-213 CSM message template.
CSM Reference Guide
WINLINK: Send your CSM to before ENDEX.
Please list your amateur call sign, state and county in the subject line of your WINLINK CSM email message.
County Status Message and ICS-213 format guides
ARS_CSM_Voice_Message_Editable_TEMPLATE_PDF_ICS-213.pdf
CSM_Template_Guide_REV2_02JAN2025 .pdf
PDF_Editable_Blank_ICS-213.pdf
ARS_CSM_Voice_Message_Editable_EXAMPLE_PDF_ICS-213.pdf
This same format will be repeated for Empire Challenge 2025 on 05/06 June with an objective to collect County CSM's from NY (62 Counties) and NJ (21 Counties)