[K3PZN-List] Re: Fw: [PVRC] Where are the Field Day Stations?

[Laurie Kilroy]

FYI.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Kilroy <Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov>
Sent: Sep 2, 2005 3:28 PM
To: wa3nan at listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: Fw: [PVRC] Where are the Field Day Stations?


Dear Jim, K4QPL,

In answer to your question about "Where are all the
[Field Day] stations from the Delta Region ...?" you
must recall an axiom about emergency preparation 
and the call to action.  And that is, we Amateur Radio
operators train ourselves to help *others* in a time
of *their* emergency.

In a time of emergency covering one's neighborhood, I
would expect a ham to stay put, taking care of his own
family and their immediate needs.  Not running off and
leaving his family in the lurch, claiming to "help
others."

I feel it is our responsibility to help the people in
our *neighboring* communities in emergencies, when our
own families are otherwise just fine.

For example, as you prepare for an emergency, remember
that you will likely respond to a call from the county
NEXT to your county, or a county not far from yours.

Another example might be similar to donning a
depressurization mask in an airliner.  The flight
attendants always train you to first don YOURS, and then
-- and only then -- you to help OTHERS.

So, my point is, as small as it may be, you might change
your question to "where are all the field day stations
NEAR the Delta region disaster area?"

And the answer to that can be seen [on the web and 
on various reflectors' posts] by all the many listed
FREQUENCIES of emergency nets set up so that you 
can monitor them.   Monitor them to get good information.

And then you can make a plan to act.

To act, that is, if you and your family are not up to
your neck in the disaster yourselves.

73,

Pat
N8PK

P.S. A LOT of disaster relief is happening in the Amateur
Radio ranks.  You just don't hear the heroic stories
on the evening news.


At Friday 9/2/2005 02:43 PM, John R. Klim II wrote:
>FYI
>
>John
>N3KHK
>======================
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jim Jordan K4QPL
>To: pvrc reflector
>Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:39 PM
>Subject: [PVRC] Where are the Field Day Stations?
>
>Where are all the 1A, 1B, 2A etc stations from the Delta Region that 
>two months ago successfully put up antennas in a few hours, manned 
>generators, and "originated" messages for 24 straight hours in hot, 
>miserable conditions to be prepared for a real emergency? Food, 
>water, tents and full logistic support was there. What about all 
>these "command post" vehicles which could have been on the road in a few hours?
>
>Is FD just an anachronistic ARRL joke and a name for a QSO party, 
>made irrelevant by weenie-ness, risk aversion and overzealous 
>officials protecting their "turf"?
>
>Why aren't there "FD" stations from the surrounding regions 
>operating in Port St. Louis, Biloxi, and remote parishes in 
>Louisiana, even if access to New Orleans requires armed escort? Have 
>the clubs disbanded?
>
>I'll be ready to handle their traffic for as many hours as it takes.
>
>If this isn't what FD is all about, then I'll drain the gas from my 
>generator and fold my G5RV for good.
>
>Jim, K4QPL


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