TO: ALL ARES OPERATORS IN DISTRICT 3 (OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS IN WEST VIRGINIA (INFORMATION)
FROM: WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED AND WOOD
COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES (ARES)
ARES DISTRICT 3 BULLETIN NR 07.07 DATE: February 18, 2007
SUBJECT: TRY MORE THAN ONCE
How many times do you try to call someone on the telephone and either get a "BUSY" or a "RING NO ANSWER"? How about calling someone's pager and they don't call you back. Do you just try one time and then wait for awhile before trying again. Did you ever happen to think that maybe, just maybe, you may have "FATFINGERED" the telephone dial and called a wrong number. If this has happened to you, it's not going to hurt anything to just dial the number again. You might be surprised to find out you may have just dialed the wrong number. By the way, on the second and third attempts to call the number, DON'T USE THE REDIAL button. If you dialed the wrong number the first time, using redial will only dial the same wrong number again. (Reprinted, with modifications of ARES Zone 3 Bulletin NR 02.07)
Ken Harris WA8LLM
Wood County WV
ARES Assistant Section Coordinator WV
ARES District Emergency Coordinator WV District 3