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2014 SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST RESULTS  DURING 2014, SIMULATED EMERGENCY
TESTS WERE CONDUCTED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF SCENARIOS.  STEVE EWALD, WV1X,
WV1X ARRL. ORG  THE FOLLOWING WRITE UPS, SUMMARIES, AND STATISTICAL REPORTS
ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS BY MANY RADIO AMATEURS AND
MEMBERS AND LEADERS OF ARES, RACES, SKYWARN, NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM, THE
ARRL FIELD ORGANIZATION, AND OTHER ALLIED GROUPS.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD
WORK.  SET IS HOTTERN HELL IN WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS  CHARLIE BYARS, W5GPO
DEC, ARES DISTRICT 1, NORTH TEXAS THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO, THE WICHITA
COUNTY ARES, ALONG WITH THE WICHITA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY WARS, BEGAN
PROVIDING AMATEUR RADIO SUPPORT TO THE HOTTERN HELL HUNDRED HHH BIKE RIDE
AND RACE HELD ANNUALLY IN WICHITA FALLS.  THIS EVENT OFFERS US A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ABILITIES FOR RADIO
OPERATORS IN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS.  THIS YEAR THE EVENT HAD 12,800
PARTICIPANTS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND VOLUNTEER WORKERS.
COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING FOR THE EVENT BEGINS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
PREVIOUS YEARS EVENT, AND INVOLVES AMATEUR RADIO COORDINATION THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR WITH PLANNING SESSIONS.  ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, CHIP FILER, KE5KNX,
IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HHH ORGANIZATION, AND DAVID GAINES, N5DHG,
IS A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE HHH STEERING COMMITTEE FOR OVERALL
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