Hello, In March, the ARRL released the following Notification of Its Position (below) to members via the Internet. It pertains to the American Red Cross ...
I think that you may be overlooking something. Even tho we are HAM Operators, we are also communicators. As a communicator, we might be asked to operate a...
What I find interesting about the whole situation is that the Red Cross has not come out with a clarification on their policy of back ground checks. Basically...
... If you don't work directly for the red cross why would you bend over and submit to their background check requirements ? I will be happy to work along side...
Our problem in Missouri is there is NO RACES. ARES is the in thing I guess. Its loosely organized, maybe disorganized, lots of confusion during drills, its...
I don't know about anyone else but here in Cheyenne you have to go through background checks for ARCES anyways. But they are using the local lay enforcement...
Definitally nothing wrong with working besides the Red Cross at a shelter and assisting them. The line that I am working off is that many emergency plans...
The ARES group I volunteer with also requires back ground checks before any Radio Operator is accepted. The problem that I see is there is no national...
Ryan, all the requirements you list to be a volunteer makes a cell phone more attractive all the time. I won't be around ARES in your area. W0DLR [Non-text...
... In my case the Red Cross and RACES are both requested/directed to specific shelter sites by county emergency management. If we worked directly for the Red...
One other issue with the training is that as an ARES / RACES volunteer during an event, in many places, you are covered under the requesting agencies workers...
... VWS: You might be interested in a recent GAO report that gets into the problems with EMCOMM interoperability: http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-301 ...
Another Newington Digital Sellout? In the midst of the band re-farming and the no-code announcements, this one almost got lost: the league wants to give 60...
Let see.... CW AM SSB (upper and lower) FM (wide and narrow - CTCSS/DCS) DSTAR Dream Pick-a-digital mode. $900 PACTOR-III Yep - sure looks like we're all...
Even better...if you do not like the ARRL then join it and get them to change by voting out the BoD and/or Section Leaders who are not doing what you think...
Or do like I just did, unsubscribe. It isn't worth the bother. I'll just use the cell phone, and if it doesn't work, I'll take my chances. dlr [Non-text...
You guys DO realize the Pactor 3 stuff is mostly there for EMCOMM e-mail for ARES and RACES groups.... right ? EMCOMM is one of the few valid reasons for US...
We're all in this together. We may have different rules and requirements at the state and county/city level but there's only one objective - provide emergency...
Thanks for your comments Ed! The "funny" thing is that nobody I have contacted knows where the petition went - if it has even been filed yet! Q&A time: 1 - I...
... It's used for EMCOMM. There are boaters in there as well. I don't know the legalese behind it or the ratio of EMCOMM to non EMCOMM passing thru. I'll leave...
I have a question: Do u know of any nets on HF I could check into? Either emergency nets, while "practicing" or general rag chew nets? Please list freq/time...
... I have no quarrel with the importance of pactor stations. What irritates so many is their excessive use of the band. The FCC has told US hams that their...
Volunteer rates at historic high since 9/11 dip slightly in 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) - People in this country have been volunteering at record levels in the years...
Please! Most of the amateur bands we have today are established through international treaty. The FCC would have a *very* difficult time taking them away from ...
... Services in which I have been involved in for the last 4 years.I went to the Gulf Coast in Mississippi after Karina hit and observed there was more...
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