THOUGHTS ABOUT ECARS AS A SERVICE

There is more than one kind of service provided by ECARS.   There is the most obvious one of  service to mobile stations whether they have an emergency or just need company on a long trip.

There  is the service to stations who use us as a meeting place to arrange  a QSO on another frequency.

There is also the service to Hams who live alone and have little contact with others except for the radio and appreciate being acknowledged by the Net sometimes every day and even more than once a day.

There is the service that results from our getting to know each other over a wide geographical  area to the point of becoming friends whose voices we recognize, and exchanging information about someone’s illness or death so that we are able to send condolences to the family.

These are some of the simple ways that we provide a service.  We can’t do it, however unless we are there, on the air, not knowing when the “service” will be needed.  As a result some of the time we may seem to be just “taking check-ins”  at times when there is no apparent  need for “service."  

The point is that the “service” is available because we are there. 

Luke, KA1SE,  President

12/22/11