While I have had many bad experiences I also employ several HAMS. The question at hand was "Why don't emergency personal involve HAMS in their operation readiness exercises?". I was merely offering a reason. These public safety officials are professionals, not amateurs, and are typically being evaluated during these exercises.
The only HAM's I have issues with are the ones that cannot accept they are amateurs. Just like flying a drone doesn't qualify you to fly a 747, being a HAM doesn't qualify you to design a public safety radio system or run an EOC. Some HAM's are qualified, but many are not. With proper training, as someone mentioned in a different thread, there is a real place for them that can benefit public safety. We just installed a P25 radio system in a hospital EOC and as part of it We installed additional coax lines so that HAM's could more easily be integrated into the operations there. So, I do work with them. I only have issues with two types of HAM's or anyone around a specific industry. 1. freeloaders - Don't ask me to give you something free just because you like doing it. this is my business, not my hobby. 2. Know it all - I have been in the radio business officially since I was 9 (first FCC license issued). I am a paid, highly trained professional with a lot of education and experience in the field. Just because you read a book and took a test doesn't mean you know everything. I don't know everything either, by I recognize it. These things cross all boundaries. I also didn't like some geek telling me how I should configure my large IP topology because he once configured a Linksys router at his grandmother's house so his XBox would function and it worked. Know your place, that is all I am saying. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:00 PM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > I'm guessing Lewis and one or two others have had some sort of bad dealing > with a HAM and now hate the all forever for any impractical reason. > >> >>
