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NATF/EPRI/NERC Transmission Resiliency Summit
EPRI OfficesCharlotte, NC
April 3-4, 2019 Andrew Phillips
Department of Homeland Security SHARES: Shared Resources HF Radio Program
SHARES: SHAred RESources HF Radio Program
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04/03/2019
Interoperable Emergency Communications Without Vulnerable Infrastructure
Catastrophic Incident
• Includes– Earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, flood, ice storm– Geomagnetic Disturbance (GMD)– Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack– Cyber attack
• Commonality– Little or no notice– Impact extends across an extremely large
geographic area and multiple states– Extensive damage to critical infrastructure and
communications– Significant impact on response and recovery resources
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Network Restoration
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• How do you coordinate grid restoration without phones & internet?Telephones, cell phones, satellite phones, LMR networks all depend on vulnerable infrastructure, which depend on power, water, fuel, people.
Graphic by U. S. Energy Information Administration
Communications Impact
• Landline – no dial tone, no last mile• Cell phone – sites damaged/destroyed, no power• Internet – no last mile, backbone damaged/destroyed• SatPhone – Congested, delayed/no access• Public Safety LMR – damaged/reduced capacity, needed for
public safety• Ham Radio – limited use due to volunteers, licensed operators
needed – may be victims
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Continuity Lessons Learned
• Recent hurricanes identified that – Sustaining the performance of essential functions
is dependent upon the availability of resilient communications systems
– “Out-of-band” communications are essential– Availability and access to resilient communication
systems at primary and alternate locations must be ensured
– Infrastructure-related outages will endure for significant periods
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Contingency Communications
• Contingency communications systems are designed to be– Resilient– Survivable– Minimal/no dependence on at-risk infrastructure – User friendly
• Must be ready to function– In a post-catastrophic incident environment– For an extended period
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Why HF Radio?
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HF radio station = transceiver, antenna, power source– Power can be 12 volt batteries from car, UPS, solar cells etc.– No infrastructure between stations– Range hundreds to thousands of miles, depends on antenna type and
propagation - varies with frequency and time of day.
SHARES: NO Licensing/Spectrum Fees NO airtime or usage charges
Graphic from https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/antennas-propagation/ionospheric/skywaves-skip-distance-zone.php
High Frequency (HF) radio waves are reflected back to Earth by the ionosphere and can be used to communicate beyond the horizon without the use of any infrastructure
April 2019 – David Rudawitz
SHARES Overview• SHAred RESources – 2621 participants (03/01/2019)
– HF Radio Stations, Channels, and Operators• BACKUP
– Send messages via other agencies’ stations – 2328 (03/01/2019)
– Use DHS channels or other agencies’ channels• SHARES Coordination Net – 141 DHS channels• Agency SHARES channels – 218 channels• HF email network has 80 gateways to the internet
• INTEROPERABILITY– Federal, State, County EMA, Territorial, Medical, PVO/NGO,
CI/KR, Critical supply chain• SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
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SHARES Mission
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Participants1. Federal Departments and Agencies, including stations
of their volunteer auxiliary programs2. Any State/Local Agency
– EMA; County EMA, DOH; major cities, isolated locales
3. Critical Infrastructure / Key Resources providers. – FCC licenses some - telecommunications, power, pipeline
industries – SHARES can support more: hospitals, medevac systems,
transportation, critical supply chain, etc.
4. National/Regional/International disaster relief organizations
[2,3,4 as DHS Auxiliary (“NCC AUX”) volunteers]
SHARES Stations
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SHARES Stations
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When Normal Comms Aren’t
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SHARES is YOUR HF radio system for• Backup communications• Interoperability• Situational Awareness
This is an actual picture sent by HF email to explain why the land mobile radio system wasn’t working.
Questions?Department of Homeland Security
National Communications & Coordination Branch SHARES HF Radio Program
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Ross MerlinSHARES Program Manager
Office 1-703-235-5758Cell 1-202-631-0690
[email protected]/shares