[KL7AA] What can Amateur Radio do to improve?

[Rich Gillin - AL4S]

Good points. I know RF faxing exists but I have not tried it.

Much of the prefered comm paths can be done on UHF/VHF and HSMM.

On 4/24/2013 10:43 AM, Jim Larsen wrote:
> Food for thought...
>
> Source
> Workgroup Communications and Public Information Meeting
>                – April 18, 2013
>
> Meeting conducted by FEMA Region X to discuss communications and 
> public information issues
>
> Extracted Bullet points from the meeting.  We need to read these and 
> ask what we each can do to improve our service to our communities.
>
> •    Amateur radio will be important.
> •    Amateur radio operations will report to the SEOC(or EOC-added 
> AL7FS) when a disaster occurs.  They are not as robust as they used to 
> be.
> •    Some EOCs have HF, some don’t.
> •    It is more effective for local EOCs to fax in requests versus 
> phone. Most important comm path between SEOC and local EOC’s (in 
> order): electronic (email), fax, and then phone/voice.
> •    Not a lot of HF operators in the government.
> •    Limited data collection over HF.
>
>
> Jim