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"how to operate a radio", so when the station on the other end is like "change to 146.58" they'll definitely rememeber how to do that after a 5min primer during a regional disaster? Or when interference comes in (perhaps from a similarly-5min-trained rando), will they just toss the radio on the table and forget about it? Heck, how many vital comms will the person stomp over by not giving enough time for responses or urgent messages?

Ever listened to nets and comms during disasters? the experience and expertise of the station operators is immediately clear. it's not something the average person can get the hang of in a few minutes.



Non of that really applies to running an emergency net. A remote station isn’t gonna ask an emergency net operator to change frequency. In interference you would just politely ask the interferer to piss off. Most complicated scenario you’ll have to deal with is an asshole jamming you and switching to a backup frequency.

Obviously experience helps, but you can also summarize 95% of what needs to be done in 5 or 10 minutes. And you don’t need 95% of what you usually study or learn for a ham license




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