October 18-19, 2025

EXERCISE, EXERCISE

We will utilize the American Red Cross forms 6409 and 6409B this weekend.
The local American Red Cross shelter has received some supplies they requested and you are to send the confirmation of their receipt.

Begin by downloading and saving Exported ARC 6409, noting where you save it.
Start a new message and select Standard Templates > ARC Forms > ARC Disaster Receipt 6409-B.
Click the Load 6409 B Receipt form data button and navigate to and double click the downloaded form. The form should now fill with the information from the American Red Cross form 6409 used for this exercise.
In normal use, only the part below "Acknowledgement by person receiving product(s) and/or service(s)." will be of concern to us.

In Discrepancies:, enter Exercise, exercise as the first line, then
your
call sign, first name, city or town, county, state, mode (Winlink HF, VARA FM, VHF packet, etc.)as the second line.
2 letter state abbreviation and no parentheses, please.
Example:
Exercise, exercise
WB0GAG, Bruce, Muscatine, Muscatine, IA, VARA HF

For the " Received by" name and signature, you can use any name you like.
Click the Date: and Time of arrival: boxes to enter the current date and time.
In Group: enter your club or ARES group's name or leave blank
Save a copy for later if you wish, review your message, then click Submit and set "Subject:" to "Iowa Winlink Weekend".