[ILQSO] A radical idea?

[ny4n at aol.com]

We did that last year. After I found out that I could not come up 
mobile, I got with our EC and came up with a EmComm plan. We decided to 
use the Earthquake card, the New Madrid fault shook and damaged much of 
the State. It was the job of our Group to make contact with as many 
counties in Illinois as possible. Each contact was treated as Health 
and Welfare traffic. Exposed several local hams to both contesting and 
working as a team for a common goal. Local EMA and 911 officials were 
direct on our plan also. Several State QSO parties could be used this 
way. Prime directive. Have fun !  Jeff  NY4N / M

-----Original Message-----
From: n8xx at arrl.org
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Cc: ortracr at yahoo.com
Sent: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: [ILQSO] A radical idea?

I don't know who inspired ARES in Michigan, but two or three ARES 
groups joined in the 2006 MiQP. I moved to Michigan last November 
(2005) so wasn't cognizant of the hierarchy of ARES/RACES in this 
section. However, I mentioned to the Section Mangler that operating 
during MiiQP would be a good way for ARES groups to see how many 
counties they could contact. (One of the goals of ARES/RACES is to be 
able to contact their counterparts via Ham Radio when other forms of 
communications fail.) If leaders of the ILQP were to contact the SEC 
and EC's immediately after the 2006 ILQP, and remind them from time to 
time, during the year, more such groups or individuals from these 
groups might be encouraged to participate. And, if these groups would 
get active, perhaps some of the contesters might get interested in 
emergency communications - a two way street.... 
 
73 de n8xx Hg 
 

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