John... that is exactly my point to the forum.... and as
most of you know.. Ihave never busted anyones butt if they just sent in
a correct participation report. As I have said before to most of the
guys, I know many have to work ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEND A
PARTICIPATION REPORT AND LET ME KNOW YOUR ON TRAVEL OR WHATEVER....and
he didnt even give me the benifit of the doubt..and try. Apparently he
likes being an part of the elite.... go figure
Bruce,
I need radios for netrom nodes before you unload
anything please let me or gary know. I am particularly looking for some
low power radios.. say 40w and under.. the radios you sold would have
been great for packet nodes.. I think they had solid state antenna
switching. That is what is wrong with the Meade node now.. we need to
replace it.
From: John AAR3CK / AAM3MD <aar3ck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [mdmars_staff] Re: Attitudes need to be more positive than this
To: mdmars_staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 8:54 AM
Thanks for the explanation, Bruce,
That confirms that I was indeed sleeping during that class.
John
bmcpherson73@xxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
John,
This item came from a thread on eham.net about the possible dissolution
of Navy MARS. Like so many of these forums, it quickly devolved into
name calling and personal attacks between Army and Navy MARS members.
So much for interoperability. One writer summed it up well with the
Ben Franklin quote-- If we dont hang together we will most assuredly
hang separately.
On another note, one of the items I picked up at Dayton was the ARRL
Digital Technology for Emergency Communications course on CD. Unlike
other ARRL courses, it does not require registration or mentors, and
there is no limit to how many people can use the course from a single
CD. It also issues a completion certificate at the end. It covers such
topics as Packet, Winlink, Airmail, sound card modes, ALE, and a lot of
other digital topics on a very basic level. It would be a introductory
good course for our digital dinosaurs (as Stu Carter calls them). I
dont know if it will count as MARS training, but if anyone want to
borrow my CD they are welcome to it at no cost.
Also Jim, I sold 3 VHF Spectra 110w radios at the Howard County hamfest
on Sunday, and later Gary told me you were looking for some. Sorry I
didnt know sooner.
Bruce AAM3IMD
Wow,
what got this started?
Guess I was sleeping in class again, but as a client station, I didn't
think he had to meet any regular MARS requirements. He doesn't even
have to do a participation report.
Where's the beef?
J Sears wrote:
You know.. I try to be nice and stay off my
high horse but this guy pisses me off with his attitude. I have never
bothered him or chased him but instead I have tried to include him in
our activities where it made sense. He also gave me a real case of the
ass with his 60+ crap..
sorry for the attitude
J
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I have concluded I can not work and
also be in Army Mars.
I can handle one-time requirements that I do at my leisure - like
on-line courses. General license? I already have Extra. The 4 fema
courses - I already did them 2 years ago, but did them again in case
something changed.
It is all the new ongoing requirements:
1. The annual 12 weeks of Mars101 with on the air participation and
final exam. I can not assure I will be available those 12 consecutive
weeks every year. That's also 3 months out of every year I can't go on
vacation or be sick.
2. Participate in an emergency exercise every quarter. I suppose that
means there will be one each quarter, and I can't guarantee I will be
available to participate given my work hours, regular days off, and the
possibility of mandatory overtime. I may be out of town, on vacation -
or working overtime - during that one exercise needed to stay in Mars.
3. Be NCS once per quarter - well this one is not a problem.
When I leave Army Mars, I was going to join Navy.
Without Navy Mars I'll need to wait for retirement to be in Mars again
- and join the other retirees.
Mars is being ruined. People are being forced out - including good
people. In one state over 50% have left Army Mars. It now belongs to
the over 65 retired folks who have time for a full-time-mars-job, if
they have enough smarts left to pass the fema courses and tests. Army
mars is going to be a small fraction of what they once were.
Army mars may not be able to deploy at all - due to age of their
members. Your not going to get the 60+ people to go into a Katrina. It
is ironic that all the changes are to be able to deploy and the changes
may leave them with nobody who can deploy.
Army mars is already kaput.
I am waiting to see if Navy Mars also becomes kaput.
I hope Navy Mars survives.
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Well unfortunately
Air Force is not in much better shape than Navy it appears. Air Force
in Maryland basically does not exist and I am told by a very reliable
source that AF has lost their budget as well but nothing was said at
dayton about that.
As far as ALE.. well it is less than usable as far as I am concerned
because I can do manually what it does with automation. It sucks up
extra spectrum when it is not necessary and really is a dumbing down of
the operators skills set. Its primary reason for existance would be
that our customers (FEMA, SHARES etc) use it.. again they are NOT
operators you have only to listen to their SHARES to see that. The
largest number of stations checking into SHARES & FEMA are Army
MARS anyhow.
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