Is the ACS, Auxiliary Communications Service, in competition with the ARRL Amateur Emergency Radio Service, ARES, as some have alleged?
This series, 080-085, is in answer to questions received. There is no criticism intended; but it is a reminder of how mindset can affect our use of Amateur Radio for emergency communications.
Continuation of "Goals and Standards" for ACS personnel training dedicated to the memory of Bruce Karr, 1926-1997. See EMC078.
This is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Karr, 1926-1997. He passed away 4/6/97. Bruce was the State OES Inland Region Chief Radio Officer and a vital part of the ACS program.
This was his "Goals and Standards" for ACS personnel training. In response to requests for examples of how units are used in government, here is how one was described in a recent article in the Victorville (CA) Daily Press (12/23/96) by Chip Patterson, Staff Writer. It is used by permission of the Daily Press, all rights reserved.
Continuation from EMC075
In today's government agency there are often new, interesting and complex COMMUNICATIONS facilities and systems. Some of these are as intriguing and beneficial as radio and far more challenging. This can include learning to use and keep operational such systems and equipment as copiers, computers (MAC, DOS, Unix), digital networks, FAX machines, and Public Service Radio systems -- just to name a few. Query: What do you think of the view that emergency communications participants should do "communications" only?
Reply: Well, it's possible to understand that perspective if it means to operate the radio and pass traffic only on specific frequencies. It's a concept that Amateur Radio Service licensees and Civil Air Patrol personnel have been exposed to over the years in various ways. Continued from EMC073
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FROM: Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services