There were 20 pre-loaded messages to be sent out during the course of the exercise, T-Rex 2016. How did you do? Below is a list of the messages that were sent out. They are listed in chronological order from the time they were intended to be sent out and injected into the scenario. The following twenty messages were distributed to volunteer ‘initiating’ stations across the country. Sometimes they had to scramble to get the message out to make the next AmRRON net in time, and other times they had to wait for hours until the next net cycle came around. In either case, we think it added a lot of realism and plausible news and information and enhanced the scenario. Great job to the volunteer Corps operators for their hard work, and Tango-05 for heading up the scenario/message team.
There was also one ‘official’ image which was to accompany message number 9. Some didn’t know that and some messages weren’t numbered, or didn’t maintain their message numbers as they were relayed throughout the net. Lots of training ahead. A special thanks goes out to everyone who participated! Thank you for training. We’re all better for it!
Summary of Pre-Loaded Messages
DTG OF EVENT MSG# STATION# MESSAGE SUMMARY
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20160610 1900Z 6-E 514(MO) 8.7 mag earthquake reported in Fulton MO
20160610 2000Z 17 502(ID) Callaway Nuclear Plant, cooling tower collapse
20160610 2000Z 2-E 501(CA) Tacoma aftershock, St. Joe Hospital collapse
20160610 2030Z 11 504(MN) Memphis airport 747 crash and terminal fire
20160610 2100Z 15 506(OH) Nationwide power grid failure summary
20160610 2230Z 8 508(SC) O’Hare Airport, report of damage and closure
20160610 2300Z 5-T 509(VA) Vice President nationwide address urging calm
20160610 2300Z 19 513(AZ) St. Louis MO, update on rioting and blackout
20160611 0200Z 1-D 510(VA) Route 50, Chantilly VA, gas price gouging
20160611 0400Z 13 511(WA) Callaway Nuclear Plant, 50 mile radius evacs
20160611 1300Z 9 503(ID) Seattle damage update, see Pic 1 below
20160611 1400Z 20 512(MI) Phoenix Airport, relief supplies looted
20160611 1400Z 10 507(OR) Welfare message from man in OR to wife in MN
20160611 1400Z 18 505(MN) Acknowledgment Radio Message to Message 10
20160611 1500Z 7-D 513(AZ) El Paso, no border patrol, masses crossing
20160611 1700Z 14 508(SC) Orlando, blocked highway, stranded motorists
20160611 1800Z 4-O 504(MN) Little Rock AR, gang violence
20160611 2100Z 16 501(CA) DHS Secretary directs FEMA local takeovers
20160611 2300Z 3-V 511(WA) Snoqualmie Pass WA, stranded evacuees
20160612 1030Z 12 509(VA) Virginia, neighborhood patrol repels looters
Pic 1, Message 9
Some other ‘extra curricular’ images sent out during the exercise. They were copied by a single station. Other station likely had better copy, depending on band conditions and proximity to the sending stations. Color is slower, but looks better when band conditions are good. These were unofficial:
If I counted right, I got 13 messages.
It’s interesting because my team got 11 of the 20 and we all heard the same 11 repeated multiple times while those we missed were never mentioned on ANY of the nets we participated in. I would suspect that many of the 20 originated from within the Redoubt and did not reach very far bend it….however, 11 out of 20 is not a bad run it and I am extremely proud of my team!!!
Also, 3 of the pictures above originated fro my team because we were not seeing images being passed and felt it would pose an excellent training opportunity for some operators!!
I copied 13 messages also,
On-line survey just completed.
Located in SE Fla.
Funny. I counted 13 as well.