. QST . rNational Emergency Net, and reminds us to remind youthat there still exists a set of National Calling and Emer-gency frequencies for just such purposes. W4ANK, incensedat QRM from stations participating in a contest duringHurricane Hazel, urges a national or divisional emergencyorganization aimed at reducing QRM on emergency fre-quencies, automatic conversion of traffic nets to emergencynets during an emergency, and some means of makingallowance for an emergency arising during a contest. Certain provisions already for emergencies, andperhaps before considering the merits and de
. QST . rNational Emergency Net, and reminds us to remind youthat there still exists a set of National Calling and Emer-gency frequencies for just such purposes. W4ANK, incensedat QRM from stations participating in a contest duringHurricane Hazel, urges a national or divisional emergencyorganization aimed at reducing QRM on emergency fre-quencies, automatic conversion of traffic nets to emergencynets during an emergency, and some means of makingallowance for an emergency arising during a contest. Certain provisions already for emergencies, andperhaps before considering the merits and demerits ofproposals being made, we ahould examine those whichnow exist. Lets do this briefly: (1) FCC provides a measure of respite for amateursplagued by QRM in emergencies in its Section the amateur regulations. This is summarized in our book-let Emergency Communications (p. 8), and outlines a pro-cedure by means of which stations operating in an emer-gency may apply to FCC for a clear (2) Nets of ARRLs National Traffic System are underinstructions to activate themselves automatically in theevent of an emergency, to handle emergency traffic ifcalled upon. This procedure was described in an Emer-gency and Traffic Bulletin some time ago, and is due forrepetition. Many non-NTS traffic nets have an agreed-upon procedure for automatic conversion for emergencypurposes. (3) As mentioned above, we still have National Call-ing and Emergency Frequencies. You will see these listedin a box somewhere in the Operating News section ofQST each month (unless the space problem is extremelyacute, when the editor usually finds room for them else-where in the issue). Instructions for their use are included. The question then is: what other measures need betaken, besides plugging and publicizing jjresent arrange-ments, to make our alertness for emergencies more wide-spread and instantaneous? Your thoughts on this questionare solicited. Just in passing, however, lets also observet
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