1. The 3 P’s of Public Service
Gary Wilson, K2GW
Section Emergency Coordinator
Southern New Jersey Section
American Radio Relay League
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2. The Cost of Amateur Radio
A conservative figure is that one MHz of VHF/UHF Spectrum costs $100,000,000.
Between 144 MHz and 1.3 GHz, Amateurs have 123 MHz of spectrum.
What does the public get for it’s $12,300,000,000?
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3. The answer is
PUBLIC SERVICE
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4. September 11, 2001 Where were you? What were your first thoughts?
What actions did you take?
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5. How Can I Help My Country and Amateur Radio?
By embracing the three P’s of public service.
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6. Preparedness
Ensuring your family is protected with a disaster plan and supplies kit.
Knowing your county EmComm plans, including self-alerting assignments.
Having appropriate equipment and interchangeable emergency power sources.
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7. Proficiency Knowing how government and agencies respond to disasters.
Knowing how amateur radio supplements them.
Knowing what to do and what not to do.
Maintaining skill in tactical and formal message handling.
Completing the ARRL EmComm Certification Courses
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8. Professionalism
Attitude
Reliability
Flexibility
Appearance
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9. The Four S’s for wartime
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10. Sensibility Stay Calm Control Rumors Think before speaking
Think before acting
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11. Safety
Proper Training
Proper Equipment
Proper Rest
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12. Security
Operational details
Frequencies
Locations
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13. Sensitivity
Red Cross neutrality
Political polemics
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14. Your Commitment
Register with and support your county EmComm organization.
Become a trained and proficient emergency communications professional.
Participate in nets, drills & emergencies.
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15. My Commitment
To support your county emergency communicator in creating a responsive amateur radio emergency service.
To be available to answer any questions that your EC needs help with.
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16. Conclusion
“No matter what happens, an amateur radio operator somewhere will be able to communicate… no matter what!”
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