[CQ-Contest] Real emergencies

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Speaking of things like that... would it not be a good idea for the arrl to
advice their emergency coordinators, races, or ares people of contest
stations that may be useful to contact for emergency use?  While I am often
too busy to go find out who to contact or what they might need I would be
more than happy to support their tests (providing they don't conflict with a
major contest) and real emergencies of course.  And while maybe I don't know
all the latest traffic handling procedures and formats I have the equipment
to be on 8 or 9 bands at once in just about any mode they might need on
short notice.  It might be a good idea for someone at the arrl to do a bit
of cross pollination and see if more contesters could be recruited to
provide support for emergency services.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0uo at cs.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 18:50
> To: "Bryan W5KFT"; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Real emergencies
> 
> Bryan
> 
> Well Said
> 
> Jim W0UO/5
> 
> 
> "Bryan W5KFT" <w5kft at nts-online.net> wrote:
> 
> >A couple of years ago when 10 meters was really rocking, I  had a really
> >interesting situation come up in the ARRL 10 meter contest.
> >
> >I was running stations on about 28430 when a station comes on and says,
> >"Breaker Breaker Emergency Emergency".  At first I thought it was a joke
> and
> >just went on running stations.  In a few moments he came back on and
> >repeated the "Breaker Breaker Emergency".  I asked the station for his
> call.
> >
> >The station came back on and said, "I don't have a call, I am not a ham".
> >He went to tell me that he was a trucker on the Interstate in Ohio and
> that
> >the had just driven up on a major multi vehicle pileup.  His "CB" was
> >actually a converted ham rig that still worked 10 meters. The interesting
> >part is that he told me he needed to get help immediately"so he picked
> out a
> >LOUD signal and said EMERGENCY because he knew that he could ask hams for
> >help"   Not an assigned frequency, not a net, he wanted somebody LOUD
> that
> >he could communicate with.  This guy didn't even have a license but he
> knew
> >what to do.
> >
> >I made a long distance call to Ohio State Police and gave the location of
> >the wreck and then went back to contesting.  In about 30 minutes again it
> >was "Breaker Breaker" and the trucker came back on to tell me that police
> >and EMS were on the scene and things were being taken care, and a big
> thanks
> >from him.
> >
> >I think that it is a good point that in the event of a really true
> emergency
> >that many contesters have a lot to offer and at the top of the list is
> BIG
> >SIGNALS.  It would be interesting if we could know if those folks really
> in
> >need of help would go to the antenna in the attic group on some special
> >frequency or if they would select a BIG signal contest station they could
> >really hear well.....
> >
> >A point to ponder.....
> >
> >Bryan W5KFT
> >
> >
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