Acadiana Amateur Radio Association, Inc.
a 501(c)3 Corporation
P.O. Box 51174, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505

AARA is dedicated to serving the Acadiana Region of
Southwest Louisiana

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION

GOHSEP Region 4 HF Linkup Frequencies   (PDF)

This document establishes in advance a list of HF frequencies that hams in GOHSEP Region 4 can use to communicate with each other during emergencies.  The Lafayette OHSEP will also use these frequencies to pass information to hams that have evacuated from other affected areas around Region 4.

GOHSEP Region 4 VHF/UHF EMCOMM Channel List   (PDF)  (XLS)  (CSV)

The files found at the links above were created to provide area hams with a list of repeaters and
auxiliary frequencies that can be referred to by a common "channel number" or "channel name". 
Although the list focuses primarily on GOHSEP Region 4, it includes repeaters in other areas of the
state that operators may wish to monitor if they are in those areas during emergency situations. 
Repeater settings change over time so please confirm they are correct if you get a chance to visit
various locations.  Please report any necessary revisions to webmaster@w5ddl.org. 

SKYWARN

     Acadiana SKYWARN / EMCOMM Frequencies and Map (PDF)

     SKYWARN Severe Weather Net Activation Recording - April 2, 2017 (mp4)

     SKYWARN Hail Size and Wind Speed Indicator Guidelines (PDF)

Miscellaneous EMCOMM Information

     NVIS Antenna Design - W5JCK (PDF)

     NVIS Propagation Conditions (Region 6 Army MARS)

     ARMY MARS - SWEAT Infrastructure Assessment Contingency Plan (PDF)

Guidelines for how MARS gathers technical information on the condition and capacity of existing public systems, municipal services, and facilities within an assigned area of operations.

Winlink Radio E-mail System

     WinLink E-mail System (WinLink.org)

     WinLink YouTube Training Videos (Rick Frost K4REF)

FLDIGI Digital Communications Software

     File Download Site (Sourceforge.net)

     Setup Information (PDF)

Hurricane Michael - 2018

     Alachua County ARES After Action Report (PDF)

     Florida SERT After Action Report (PDF)

     North Florida ARRL After Action Report (PDF)

     Excerpt from ARES E-letter November 2018 (PDF)

Hurricane Irma - 2017

     Alachua County ARES After Action Report (PDF)

Hurricane Andrew - 1992

     In Andrews Wake - QST December 1992 (PDF)

Hurricane Carla - 1961

     Hurricane Carla Report - Dept of Defense 1961 (PDF)