[CQ] Elmer day for some midwives?

[Dr. Jesus]

I think there's something about learning analog engineering that
teaches one to value function over form.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I can make it.
>
> My god, why do ham radio operators make the worst websites? That red is painful.
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:
>> http://www.sfarc.org/sfarnews.htm has all the details, following the
>> ham-standard web style guide (shared with geocities).
>> And, for the lulz, here it is, cut and paste in glorious HTML email:
>>
>> HEADLINE NEWS
>>
>>
>>
>> 2 Meter Critical Mass Amateur Radio Practice
>>
>> What:  An opportunity to practice Ham radio communications
>>
>> When:  Saturday, March 26, 2011.  1000 hours to 1200 hours
>>
>> Where:   Spreckles Lake , Golden Gate Park
>>
>> --
>> /jbm KJ6ANM
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Michael Shiloh
>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> somehow i completely missed noting the time and place of this. what
>>> are the details?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:
>>> > Just a quick reminder that this elmer day is tomorrow.
>>> > I'm planning on making it over, driving from the Mission.
>>> > Hope to see people there, and thanks again to Art for bringing it to
>>> > my/our
>>> > attention!
>>> > --
>>> > /jbm KJ6ANM
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Art Peel <artpeel at glowingthings.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.sfarc.org/sfarnews.htm might be what you're looking for
>>> >> -- Art
>>> >> KJ6ANT
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mar 13, 2011, at 20:40, Josh Myer <josh at joshisanerd.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> tl;dr: Please help teach some ticketed midwives how to use their HTs to
>>> >> coordinate in case of disaster.  Ping me if you want to be involved,
>>> >> and
>>> >> we'll coordinate off-list.
>>> >> We had our baby at home, with a midwife.  Things went great, etc, but
>>> >> they
>>> >> need to have two midwives at every birth: if something goes wrong with
>>> >> both
>>> >> mom and the baby... ugly triage situation.  Of course, births aren't
>>> >> exactly
>>> >> planned, so they need to do a lot of ad-hoc coordination.  These women
>>> >> still
>>> >> carry pagers, because They Will Work.
>>> >> Except when they don't.  Babies will be born after big earthquakes,
>>> >> when
>>> >> it's hard to get around town to ensure you have two midwives on hand.
>>> >>  And
>>> >> the hospitals will likely be packed, so they consider this situation
>>> >> particularly important. Many of them have their tickets, and little
>>> >> HTs, but
>>> >> they're not confident using them.  They just don't know how to work
>>> >> repeaters, what process/protocol is for using the radios, etc.  Our
>>> >> midwife
>>> >> specifically asked if I could "be their Elmer."  So they're not totally
>>> >> out
>>> >> of the loop.  Naomi bumped into another midwife at a cafe, who asked
>>> >> about
>>> >> the Elmer day.
>>> >> I'd love to do this for them, but, honestly, I'm not confident enough.
>>> >>  It
>>> >> seems like this is Important, and I should ask for help from real
>>> >> Elmers.
>>> >>  Would anyone here be willing to help run a small Elmer session?
>>> >> Alternately, what's the right organization in town to ask about this?
>>> >>  AERO?  Red Cross?
>>> >> Thanks so much, this is one of those things that amateur radio exists
>>> >> for!
>>> >> 73 KJ6ANM,
>>> >> --
>>> >> /jbm
>>> >>
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>>> >
>>> >
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>>> > Josh Myer 415.230.9791 <-- NOTE: New number!
>>> >  josh at joshisanerd.com
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Josh Myer 415.230.9791 <-- NOTE: New number!
>>  josh at joshisanerd.com
>>
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