Never heard of such! The VA hospitals, operate without a control op present, and are employees, on the clock? Not even hams?
Tell me more! 73 Brian On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Bob Peters <[email protected]> wrote: > *To answer your question YES in Mesquite… We have the Police and Fire > Corp were hams work alongside the Police and Fire and have drills on the > Police and Fire Radios and Amateur… This is a very progressive community…The > city does own their own gear for sure…Brian LOOK at VA.. Va has a Radio, Amp > and antenna in every hospital They have a VA net weekly… Some VA centers do > not have hams but do have call signs and operate the net… The Trustee of the > station is responsible … They operate just like the Red Cross and Salvation > Army…* > > * * > > *Bob W1PE* > > * * > > *From:* WA5AM [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:42 PM > *To:* Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service; Bob Peters > *Cc:* Dale Temple; Nick & Judy Davis > > *Subject:* Re: [AMRadio] OT : Paid Hams during Drills > > > > Bob, > > Don't forget these agencies you mentioned have their OWN communication > equipment, bought and paid for by the public via taxes. That is why > volunteer hams have been used for decades to provide communication via ham > radio at or near these agencies. Amateur radio has served the public VERY > well for decades in emergency communications, and has always been on a > volunteer basis. Why does this need changing now?? Are hams allowed to > conduct drills on the police or fire bands? Not that I'm aware of. > > Why do the public service agencies need our ham frequencies now? > > If we allow people to be paid money for operating ham radio, we are losing > the very threads the founding fathers of amateur radio and the ARRL stood > for. What will be next? Dollars for working contests? > > During an actual emergency of life or death, anyone, including the Fire > Chief can operate ANY radio, ham or otherwise... > > 73 > Brian > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
