There are varying versions of just what emergency communications are all about. To some it is the "boat sinking" SOS but to others it is a complex system of message handling with file attachments, etc There are a considerable amounts of well intended hams that have an obscure obsession with playing Firefighter ,Police Officer, EMT, FEMA worker , etc etc. This manifests itself with hams wearing hardhats and using military lingo for "traffic" handling, much like kids playing "cowboys and Indians" decades ago. They have developed very effective software that provides important communications but it is buried within layers of unnecessary terminology designed to make it fit their fantasy of being a legit " first responder". The result is confusion among hams that don't quite "get" the unnecessary jargon, and dismissive criticism of these hams by the jargon camouflaged "emcomm" hams . The desire to be important emergency communicators has produced a system often used as a primary emergency communication system , however DHS asked only for a system that was secondary or "redundant" communications. These are unnecessarily complex system to "join" and, as a result , will likely have limited efficiency when (if?) "ship sinking" "plane crashed" scenarios present themselves. The PACTOR/Packet system will be useful for non-emergency situations, by that I mean " "urgent" but not "emergency". For example: Logistical information to support emergency efforts, supplies/hazardous materials instructions, requests for "push-packs", etc.
On 6/29/06, ke7iej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- > > > To sum up: Get on the mike and start hollering. SSB voice will be > > much more likely to be heard and replied to, in my opinion. This > > could change in the future but for now, that's how I see it. > > well in a emergency use any means that works and that will be > noticed the best! ;P > > > -- Andy K3UK Fredonia, New York. Skype Me : callto://andyobrien73 Also available via Echolink [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) 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/
