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Group to Support Amateur Radio in APCO
The APCO team and network of members includes many Amateur radio members. The
role of amateur radio is significant in providing communications resources to the public safety community.
This Forum is dedicated to promoting the use and
integration of the role of amateur radio in public safety.
Membership in the APCO-HAM group is limited to APCO
members. Please indicate your membership status when subscribing. If you have questions regarding membership or joining APCO, please contact the
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APCO International maintains a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Amateur
Radio Relay League (ARRL) representing the Amateur Radio community. Link to MOU:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/mou/apco.html
Origination Meeting Notes: Indianapolis August 14, 2003
There were approximately 11 attendees at a session held with little pre-notice during the recent APCO
National Conference. No specific agenda was pre-arranged, but several items were discussed. In general, it was discussed as to how the profile of amateur radio
could be raised within APCO and the public safety industry. One such tool would be to create a Web based messaging/forum where APOC/amateurs could exchange
information and ideas related specifically to APCO, amateurs, and public safety. Along those lines, a forum group was created in the YahooGroups system under
the title “APCO-HAM”.
Other items discussed were providing articles for the APCO Bulletin, the advertisement of ongoing HF “
APCO” nets. The APCO “Club License” and the possibility of obtaining equipment that could be deployed in the APCO offices in Daytona Beach as
well as transporting such equipment to National APCO events such as the current conference. Providing a higher profile through some mechanism at the National
Conferences was included.
APCO has a long history of members who also hold amateur radio licenses. Amateur radio has long held an
important role in supporting communications during emergencies at various levels. This role varies widely across the US . There are some very formal operations
which support such communications including ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services) consisting of licensed amateurs who have registered their qualifications and
is organized from a national level down to a local level. Members make themselves available to establish traffic nets and pass information at various levels,
national and local.
In addition to ARES, which has a national structure, RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) provides
a more localized assistance to state and local civil preparedness agencies. While both ARES and Races provide similar services, they have somewhat different
underlying operational guidelines. For a more thorough description of the formal public service roles such as ARES and RACES check out the following ARRL Web
site:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/foreword.html .
ARRL is a national membership associations (Amateur Radio Relay League). ARRL information can be found at:
ARRL--The national association for Amateur Radio
225 Main Street
Newington CT 06111-1494
Voice: 860-594-0200
Fax: 860-594-0259
E-mail: hq@arrl.org
Internet: http://www.arrl.org/
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