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"Arnie Macy" wrote in message ...
"William" wrote in part ... Did Mark Morgan "deserve a lot harsher language than I have ever sent his way?" WOW, I haven't heard that name in a long time. I don't even remember anything about Mark. But I do remember Steve getting his hemorrhoid tied up in knots over him. And that is the amateur's attitude to communications. I flipped on the radio and talked to Costa Rica! Everythings great, I got Emergency Comms! I think you are missing the point here, William. I said that Iowa was the first station that we contacted. You are making a huge presumption here that it is the only station that we contacted. Do you really think that we would contact one station, declare victory, then call it a day? You know better than that. We made multiple contacts during the day as we switched from band to band. Presumption? Perhaps. If I dial home, and I get Iowa, then my comms failed. You need to have a goal before you ever switch the radio on. Let's say that your goal is the Military Police desk at Ft. Riley, Kansas. You get on the radio and "Viola," you got Iowa. Great. Good first step. Ask that Iowa amateur to dial the Military Police desk at Ft. Riley, Kansas (333-444-5555). Hmmmmm, who's gonna pay the $0.07/per minute charges? Iowa ham won't do it. Iowa was a failure. Try Nebraska if prop holds. Make up your own scenario. Don't count off this ex-IG augmentee to create your exercise scenario for you. Next time you inadvertantly contact an amateur in another state, ask him to phone patch you through to that state's EMA or State Police. That at least would be worth noting. Actually, not a bad idea; however, this was a function test of equipment in preparation for an exercise later this month. When we activate that exercise, we will be contacting those types of agencies directly (including out of state) OK, you are going to contact the EMA and State Police *_directly_* with amateur radio? Cool. How are you going to do that? We didn't want to have to coordinate that contact in advance because it would take away from the realism of the upcoming exercise and give them a "heads up". Right. No prior coordination. But... Part of the exercise is to see how quickly they will respond in a "no warning" situation -- or if they respond at all. No. 1. You state a requirement for them (your ham volunteers) to be able to do such things. Your MOU is a place to state broad requirements. The SOP or Instructions cover the specifics. 2. You train them to do such things. 3. You then give them a no warning exercise scenario where they have to do what they (1) have a requirement to do, and (2) have been trained to do. That is how it's done in the military. Really. Does your military installation have a MARS base support team? Which model HF radio did you get? Kenwood TS 570D(s) and Kenwood TM 261A (VHF) Excellent choices. Simple and capable. bb |
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