On Monday 05 December 2005 09:04, DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: > We can help with Health and Welfare traffic which is not done > by the official part of an Incident."
What's wrong with this? This used to be an IMPORTANT part of our service! And it was recognized by the public. And that *public* is who is going to help us protect our spectrum. It won't be the "customers" we are trying to serve as telecomm vendors that help us. They will just want to take over whatever we provide. Does anyone here remember the Alaskan earthquake in 1964? I can remember getting H&W messages coming OUT of the disaster area letting relatives know that they were ok. Does anyone remember handling any of these? Does anyone remember how relieved the relatives were to get word? I do!! When did this take such a backseat in the Amateur Radio Service that the ARRL lets the American Red Cross tell us that we can't handle outgoing H&W traffic for people in their shelters? When did this take such a back seat that we, as a service, won't take the bull by the horns and set up H&W stations outside the ARS shelters to handle outgoing H&W messages? Why doesn't the ARRL *push* this as a service we need to provide? You want to talk about how digital modes can help in emergencies? What would we do if another Alaskan earthquake happens? Just sit back and do nothing except try to act as telecomm vendors for the emergency agencies? I know we still have CW and SSB nets that could handle outgoing H&W traffic from Alaska. Do we have any established digital links or nets that meet on a regular basis so that command structures are established and equipment readiness is tested regularly? If not, why not? It's nice to talk about all these new modes with S/N ratios of -15db or so but when and how do we put them to use for emergency comms? Or do we? (WL2K could help with some of this but they can't handle messages to recipients that don't have email addresses or with messages where the originator can't remember an email address. And the Digital NTS has only one station in Alaska, will that be enough to handle all the H&W trafic?) When did serving the public get redefined into serving public agencies? tim ab0wr ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to telnet://208.15.25.196/ Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ Looking for digital mode software? Check the quick commerical free link below http://www.obriensweb.com/digimodes.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
