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- Info-Hams Digest Tue, 4 Oct 94 Volume 94 : Issue 1092
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- Date: 3 Oct 1994 19:51:06 GMT
- From: stevew@sheridan.ncd.com (Steve Wilson)
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- References<35ut3f$r9r@safety.ics.uci.edu> <Cwy4C6.LJ@cscsun.rmc.edu>, <36hrmc$7pn@safety.ics.uci.edu>
- Subject: Re: Restrictive Covenants: I can't have *any* antenna?
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- In article <36hrmc$7pn@safety.ics.uci.edu>, turner@safety.ics.uci.edu (Clark Savage Turner) writes:
- |> In <Cwy4C6.LJ@cscsun.rmc.edu> dtiller@cscsun.rmc.edu (David Tiller) writes:
- |>
- |> > I think a well reasoned challenge to this
- |> >rule would be a boost to hams and possibly the community by showing how hams
- |> >can help out in times of emergency. My neighbors know who to come to when
- |> >they've got loved ones they want to contact in a disaster area!!!
- |>
- |> Your point about hams helping in an emergency is near and dear to a lot
- |> of ham's hearts. Realistically though, it is NOT important to a majority
- |> of non hams I run into. I make presentations to townspeople for
- |> antenna permits, and when I mention the hams helping in an emergency,
- |> most of them laugh. It is embarassing. The non ham often thinks that
- |> cell phones and the local town have it all together just fine, and there
- |> is no need for these hams to help out. There is no arguing with a lot
- |> of these folks, they just won't listen. This sort of attitude is
- |> changeable, possibly, by ALL of us working a little at a time to show
- |> the non hams that ham radio is of great use in an emergency and that
- |> hams are generally very good neighbors.
- |>
- |> Clark
- |> .....................
- |>
- |> Clark Savage Turner, Graduate Student Researcher
-
- I suspect that Clark's point should be well taken, on the other hand,
- it can also depend on the audience you are addressing. I had to make
- a presentation to the local county Planning Commission about a year ago.
- This is the place where the epicenter of the Loma Prieta Quake of 89 is
- located. We also suffer from periodic wild fires. ARES/RACES is well
- integrated into the county, and the local politicians are aware of our
- presence mostly due to constant exposure over time during real emergencies.
- I found it quite effective to just drop some numbers on the planning commission
- concerning volunteer hours supplied during the different events. It
- went along way to demonstrating just how much work is being done by the
- amateurs during emergencies.
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- But to parallel what Clark is saying, If I was trying to make a presentation
- to the local garden club, I'd have to go alot further, and into a lot more
- detail to impress the folks about what amateurs are doing during
- emergencies. Even then, the local garden club is still going to be
- familiar with quakes and fires, since they live here too. It's all a
- matter of how we present the arguement and who the audience is!
-
- Steve KA6S
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