TO: ALL WEST VIRGINIA ARES MEMBERS (OFFICIAL)
ALL ARES AND NON-ARES AMATEURS ANYWHERE (INFORMATION)
FROM: KEN HARRIS WA8LLM WV SECTION EMERGENCY COORDINATOR
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED
WV ARES BULLETIN NR 10.08 DATE: February 21, 2010 SUBJECT: LEARNING BY EXPERIENCE.
Assisting with events like the runs, walks, races, boating events, disaster drills, and exercises has multiple purposes. It affords us the opportunity to handle tactical communications, use tactical call signs, expose of Amateur Radio to the public, and provides a service to our communities that no one but Amateur Radios operators can do.
Take advantage of these types of activities and try to learn from them. If you feel you may have made mistakes during any of these events, then you have already learned the most important lesson. Recognizing where you have failed, or gone wrong, in an event, is our best learning experience. It may be a year before we can correct those mistakes, but, we know what to correct.
By recognizing mistakes that were make is only half of the job. We've got to be sure not to make them again. These experience makes us better communicators, and helps us better understand communications under pressure. Take advantage of any events and learn to be a better communicator.
Ken Harris WA8LLM
Wood County WV WV ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
WV ARES District 3 Emergency Coordinator