[W1SMH] Fwd: [K1ARC_Red_Cross_Net] New E-Com Net

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:30:26 -0700 (PDT)

--- "Donald L. Izzo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> To: "K1ARC Reflector (E-mail)"
> <[email protected]>, "SARC
> Reflector (E-mail)" <[email protected]>
> From: "Donald L. Izzo" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:41:17 -0400
> Subject: [K1ARC_Red_Cross_Net] New E-Com Net
> 
> 
> Just Approved, and Now Announcing...
> 
> A new HF net as an open discussion forum for 
> matters relating to emergency communications,
> 
> The Connecticut Conn-ARES Net.  This Thursday.
> 
> It is an "issues" net,  not a training net.
> 
> It is open to all amateurs with an interest in
> planning
> for emergency communications, and for discussing
> operator training issues, recruitment, and various
> other related practical issues.  We shall all learn
> from
> each other.
> 
> The net will be conducted weekly, on the very same
> frequency as The Connecticut Phone Net, on Thursday
> nights, immediately after CPN closes its session.
> 
> W1WJB will be NCS for the launching session this 
> Thursday.  Others wishing to take net control on a 
> rotating basis, please contact W1WJB.  Please!
> 
> The net will be opened in a formal and controlled 
> manner, giving first calls for any Town Emergency 
> Operations Centers,  mobile, portable, or low-power
> stations.
> 
> Next, stations with announcements of benefit to all
> will be checked in.  Then, all others will be
> checked in.  
> 
> After any announcements and business is conducted,
> the net will be turned into an informal,
> semi-directed
> discussion.  Semi-formal means the discussion is
> free, 
> open, and uncontrolled;  BUT the NCS may moderate or
> provide some regulation, as necessary to keep some 
> essential order.  As it is now envisioned, it will 
> not be a ponderous roundtable of monologues, but a 
> rapid-fire VOX or push to talk environment.  It may
> be
> a little chaotic at times, but we're all pretty
> sharp ops,
> so it should work out fine.
> 
> This net will evolve and grow over time into
> whatever 
> it needs to be to serve the interests of the
> participants.
> 
> It is recognized and understood that because of the 
> frequency chosen, the net will consist of Generals
> and 
> above license classes.  No desire to exclude anybody
> should be seen by this.  There are regular ARES nets
> in all areas on VHF, and VHF serves a vital purpose
> in emergency communications.  But HF has unique
> attributes also, such as covering the entire state
> simultaneously with no infrastructure, that should
> be 
> developed and be a part of the E-com total equation.
> 
> People who talk to each other regularly work better
> together under stress when the chips are down, so 
> join in this Thursday, and every Thursday, right 
> after CPN on 3.965 - plus or minus the QRM. 
> Wherever
> CPN ends, is where we will begin...
> (CPN starts at 6pm sharp on 3.965.)
> 
> Mark your calendar right now, so you don't forget.
> 
> 73,
> W1WJB
> DEC Area One
> 
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