HI JIM HOPE YOU GET THIS...AAR3BK JIM DE AAT3FG NR 121 R 042330Z AUG 2009 FM AAR3BK TO AAA3MD INFO AAT3FG BT MARS EXERCISE SUBJECT: AFTER ACTION REPORT BAD MAGIC JULY 2009 1. STATION: AAR3BK MD 2. OPERATOR(S): N/A 3. LOCATION: AAR3DL YARD 4. EMERGENCY POWER USED: Y (GENERATOR) 5. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION: OPERATED AS PART OF AAN3NII (DEPLOYED STATION) AND AAN3NIH (WL2K ACCESS STATION) FROM AAR3DL'S TRAILER. 6. HOW AND WHEN NOTIFIED OF EMERGENCY: ALERT NOTIFICATION FROM AAR3RE 26 JUL 2009. DID RECEIVE TELEPHONED ALERT FROM AAR3YD. 7. WEATHER DURING OPERATION: WARM AND HUMID 8. RADIO PROPAGATION CONDITIONS: FRIDAY/KCI POOR-GOOD/KCO GOOD SATURDAY/KCI EXCELLENT 9. NUMBER OF MESSAGES PROCESSED: 5 10: NUMBER OF MESSAGES ORIGINATED 0 (ORIGINATED ONE "CUSTOMER IC-213 FORMAT" MESSAGE) 11. PROBLEMS OR ISSUES ENCOUNTERED: A. SEVERAL EQUIPMENT INITIALIZATION PROBLEMS (PCs, RADIOS, INTERFACE DEVICES). ONE LAPTOP FAILED. B. HF ANTENNAS COULD HAVE HAD HIGHER ATTACHMENT POINTS FOR SEPERATION OF HF OPERATIONS. C. CLAIRITY OF DEPLOYMENT OPERATION COULD HAVE BEEN MORE DEFINED FOR FLEXABILITY BETWEEN ALL OPERATIONS CONCERNED. D. BASE LINE COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED...MARYLAND HAS THE RESOURCE OF OUR VHF NODES BEING CLOSE TOGETHER FOR PACKET OPERATION AND VOICE. EVERY OPERATION I HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN THE SAME, THE LOCAL DIGTIAL NODES HAVE NOT BEEN USED TO THERE FULLEST...EXCEPT FOR THE NEW WINLINK. IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO USE THE NEW EMAIL BASED PROGRAMS. PACKET & PACTOR SHOULD BE USED MORE AS A STANDARD FOR MSG TRAFFIC, IF PROPAGATION IS GOOD. BOTH THESE MODES ARE ALL READY IN USE... ITS FOOLISH TO ABANDON PACTOR AND PACKET FOR A MODE LIKE CONTESSA WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BASE MODES IN THIS EXCERSIZE. THIS STATEMENT IS STRONG IN POINT BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS ALLREADY IN PLACE. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE...IS WHAT SHOULD BE ASKED. IS OUR GOAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OR SOMETHING ELSE ALL TOGETHER. E. FOR THOSE OF US, IN PAST EVENTS OF BEING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS UNDERSTAND THAT OPERATION IN THIS ENVIROMENT REQUIRES A BATTLE-PLAN OF TRAINING FOR COMMUNICATION TO FLOW. A FEW PIECES OF TRAFFIC IS ONE THING BUT MIX UP A LOT OF VOICE TRAFFIC WITH DIGTIAL TRAFFIC AT A CRASH SITE...IS ANOTHER EVENT ALL TOGETHER. OUR NIH COMPLEMENT IS GREAT LETS USE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BULLET PROOF FIRST AND THEN PROCEDE TO MORE COMPLICATED METHODS TO ENHANCE OUR THREW PUT AND TEMPER OUR METAL. 12. WHAT WORKED WELL: A. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE OUR NIH COMUNICATION COMPLEMENT ALMOST COMPLETE AND IN USE, ALONG WITH DAVE'S TRAILER (AAR3DL). B. THE ABILITY TO GATHER AS A TEAM, MARS MEMBERS WORKING TOGETHER WAS GREAT STUFF. C. GOOD TRAINING IN WHAT WORKS AND A STRONG BASE LINE IN POSITIVE SENDING OF MSG TRAFFIC WAS A GREAT GOAL. D. POSITIVE INPUT ON WHAT WORKED AND WHAT WAS NEEDED GAVE US POWERFUL INSIGHT. E. EMERGENCY POWER WORKED WELL FOR ALL OUR NEEDS. MARS EXERCISE BT NNNN EX/ On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:03 PM, J Sears <aat3ok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > SEE ATTACHED.. HOPE IT WORKS THIS TIME >