[ARRL-OK] National FRS SOS Network

[Lloyd Colston]

M. Schneider wrote:

>Quit trying to shanghai amateur radio into this mix, and I have no problems 
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Don't know how things work in Payne County but, if you don't want to be 
Shanghai'd, don't be.  If you only want to talk on ham bands, by all 
means do so.  If you don't want to participate in CERT or Neighborhood 
Watch, don't feel obligated to take care of yourself and your family.  
Just know that help may be delayed, during a disaster.

I really don't care if you talk on Ham channels, FRS channels, or bounce 
signals off the moon, as long as the Citizen is being served.

In the mean time, in Mayes County, the local hams work very well with 
the local emergency management office with Memorandum of Understanding 
in place.   In fact, one of the comments made about communications at 
our last drill was something on the order that it was the best run (and 
hams WERE talking on FRS channels using FRS radios).  This is evidence 
about what the "pool of trained operators" could do.

No shanghai here.      :)



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Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.mayescem.us

"The President can make you a general, but only communications 
can make you a commander."  General Curtis LeMay