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June 29th 04, 05:55 AM
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"William" wrote in message om... "Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote in message ... "Steve Robeson K4CAP" wrote in message ... Subject: Field Day Plans? From: "Ryan, KC8PMX" Date: 6/24/2004 11:20 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: Will be running KC8PMX on 50Mhz-450Mhz bands. I was thinking a shorter call would help, but I ran those phonetics thru my mind a couple times, and "PAPA MIKE X-RAY" seems to me to be rather prominent. It's not too bad, although I wished I would have gotten a different call when originally assigned. I might purposefully go for the vanity call of K8KEA, just to be a pain in the ass because our club call is W8KEA. hi hi Can't we all just get along? Well, I guess I have never been a conformist, or one to be a "bump on the log" type as I see so many are..... LOL I just hate my suffix.... never liked it from the start, but never gotten around to changing it either through vanity call process or simple reassignment through the pool. Decided to run on my own as a matter of passive resistance to the local club's field day planner. Field day is supposed to be an emergency preparedness scenario, and there is nothing close to that from what I see of the plans locally here. How's that, Ryan...??? Too much of the picnic-in-the-park thing? No, just a kind of passive resistance thing. I seriously do not agree with the person who is our field day planner and club vicepresident. I am not the only one boycotting the club field day either.... It has been chosen solely by him to be placed at one of the high schools out in the county (as opposed to the city) where there is little traffic on the weekends (passing by the school that is). Let me guess. He's an Extra? Nope, but license class has nothing to do with it..... Field Day should be at least 50% PROMOTIONAL as well as 50% emergency simulation. Since it is not an actual emergency simulation since we all clearly know when it is going to be, AND of course get to chose where we set up, just how does that qualify as emergency planning/communications. Yes there is the PREPLANNING but on our fire department we dont get to know when our next medical call or car accident or house fire is, we just respond and deal with it as best as we can. Should be points for real emergency locations rather than setting up at KOA. Well, we can speculate as to "where" a potential emergency will happen till the cows come home. The issue I had at hand was merely the choice of location.... its SO buried from the general public, the PR value was not worth a damn for our FD. In a real emergency, we may be required to set up in an area less that to be desired, such as a parking lot. Or an open field without those natural antenna supports..... Also, we would not normally know when that emergency would occur....... Hmmmm. Yeah.... its not like you can plan for when your house will burn down or you get into a bad wreck, or whatever.  Maybe, at least if it was changed to where we DO know the weekend it is gonna be, BUT each countie's EC/RO or emergency services director decides the location??? I still believe that the PR value of Field Day far outwieghs any other aspect of field day. Elevate this idea to ARRL. County EC selects operating locations. Keeps secret. Makes the assignment 2 hours before test starts. The only glitch I could see there, is obviously for counties without an EC. Someone else would have to be qualified to choose then...... Not sure who, but I am sure someone could figure that one out. Extra points, of course. If that plan is followed, of course. Ryan KC8PMX |
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