[FLARES] Field Re-organization

[dale huguley]

Hi All-
I finally found the link to the Committee Report to the ARRL BOD
http://ema.arrl.org/local/FieldOrgEval-1.pdf

I know this will put me out of phase with  the South Florida Section 
leadership- but I agree with almost the entire document.
  Concerning the NTS- an overhaul is long overdue.  NTS has lost its 
focus and become more of a Luddite* cult than a communications system.  
The very hard part of replacing  something as long- in- the- tooth as 
NTS is going to be adding  new blood without losing the present 
volunteers.  They have put in countless hours perfecting a system that 
will work under almost any condition.  The replacement system for NTS 
needs to be able to transfer  a large amount of information, whether 
voice or data, to a small geographical area instead of a small amout to 
a large area.  The last hundred miles is what is important these days- 
get the emergency messages to the nearest point where the modern 
communications structure is intact.

**Definition:*luddite

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73 de kg5qd Dale