RadioBanter - View Single Post - The ARS NOT to move to Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

March 22nd 06, 11:11 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

an old friend wrote:
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On 20 Mar 2006 15:34:35 -0800, wrote:

an old friend wrote:
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From: The ARRL Letter
Vol. 25, No. 11

nice to have somethng to discuss

OTOH WE are NOT seen as a public saety function.

I wonder how hard the ARRL worked to get us classified with PS&HSB?

did they work toward that gol at all?

you are still a memebr you might ask?

The first I heard of it was their announcement that we aren't being
reclassified. That tells me that they were working on it.

likely i agree

HMMMM not good for
the safety of ARS freqs id say

Perhaps.

sorry you areit isn't "preahps it is "not Good" it may also be not bad
but surely being classiefied with EMS and therefore above taxi cabs
would have been good for us in the long run both here and in our
neighboor Canada where vhf bandwidth is also at rsik

Had we been reclassed, there might be actual demands that the ARS would
have to live up to other than "goodwill.".

and we do just do it in an disorganized keystone copish way

Sometimes, maybe. I'm sure there are times when the ARS support is
superb.

But that is as "volunteers." Things are a lot different when your
volunteer status changes to responsibilities you have taskings.