World Amateur Radio Day #ARRL #hamradio

Save the Date ... April 18 ... for World Amateur Radio Day.

 While it's available on the ROC-Ham server, Sunflower has also been invited to participate also.

Current links there are:

Allstar 28848

Echolink KC5FM-R

Hamshack Hotline 94032

DMR TGIF 31207

P25 31207

DSTAR XLXOKL C

Yaesu Fusion 31207

M17-SUN module A

 

Pick your mode and check aboard.

NOW the League has an emergency manager #SMEM #ARRL #hamradio

I've kept quiet, for the most part, while ARRL went through this round of applicants.  It was challenging, since 9/11, go through gyrations with a number of applicants and both positives and negatives through the months.

There's a LOT to be done.  The LEAGUE ... not just the League Emergency Management Director ... has a lot to do.  

Many of the naysayers and even some who support the League don't understand what an emergency management program looks like.  Professionally, that involves all-hazards Plans, Response, Recovery, Mitigation, Recovery, Training, and Exercises.  When it mentions All Hazards, that includes pandemics and solar storms, i.e. the stuff that's in your Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Dot connecting is a term I've used to describe what EM folks do.  Networking is muy importante.  

Does your business have a Continuity of Operations Plan?  If you dare answer no, what have you been doing since 9/11?  Rick Rescorla had NO loss of life, except his, at HIS company because he made sure there was a plan that was practiced.  BTW, 9/11 is Rick Rescorla Day for a reason, i.e. plans are not written in a vacuum.

Do you want your LOCAL program to be recognized?  Do something.  One Section Manager had a representative at the State Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters meetings.  The League is a member at the National Level.  The League has an MOU with a member or two.  https://www.nvoad.org/ is the web site.

Another Place is the LOCAL Emergency Planning Committee ... https://www.epa.gov/epcra/finding-your-lepc ... where LOCAL plans are written, exercises planned, and training calendars are shared.  If hams are not at that meeting, likely they won't be in the plan.

In emergency management, "All disasters start and end locally" is the reason your County Emergency Coordinator is the most important cog in the gear.

"It's NOT about me; it's about WE."

Had KK4INZ applied and been hired, would the naysayers be as vocal?  The "new guy" has a degree in the field and 16 years experience.  Can we give him a chance?

73 and Happy New Year to all y'all and to the New Emergency Management Director.

—-

Lloyd Colston, KC5FM
Hamshack Hotline 50052
 

Things one can do #Covid19 #hamradio

In the seemingly never ending drama of the disease, please consider your responsibility in life. YOU are responsible for what it takes for YOU to make it through the day, week, month.

For Covid, for example, there are a number of things YOU can do to avoid the illness.

1.  Get Vaccinated

2.  Wear a mask

3.  Just stay home.

4.  Exercise

5.  Boost your immune system.  Vitamin supplements help build your resistance. 

6.  Shop online or use pickup services.  Avoid crowds.  Amazon, Target, and Walmart offer delivery.

7.  Study for your ham radio license.  This is the original social distance hobby.  Some groups and clubs have nets just to check on one another. 

Two of those are instantly unpopular but if one can work at home, really, why do you need to get out?  Exercise is possible without exposing yourself to others.  Are you symptomatic?  Just stay home. 

Who are you? #ARRL #hamradio

In the dialogue of the movie Overcomer, these words start a dialogue 

Thomas Hill: John, if I asked you who you are, what's the first thing that comes to mind?

I was asked "Who are you" by an amateur radio operator. 

Watch the movie. Read the dialogue. 

If you aren't prepared for the answer to the "Who are you" question, maybe you shouldn't ask it. 

Maybe you'll hear "I am a sinner, according to the world. According to God, I am His child."

 

 73