23 December 2007

KNOW OUR BOUNDRY

The government of Malaysia has setup a system to cope up with emergencies. Alot of money has been poured to buy communication equipments. Many organizations are aware of ham radio and what hams could do. Some had called MARES to talk about rescue and emergency. MAS joins hands with MARES.

BUT not all organizations MUST call for ham radio operators for help. They might ask us to standby. As long as they can manage to tackle the problems themselves they may not ask for our help. During one air crash in Alor Star, a ham approached the TUDM. The later did not require any outside assistance. Another one was during the landslide in Perak, 9M2AU was called up to standby and monitor on the frequency. The organization concerned also manage to resolve the matter themselves.

If any organization does not need our help then there is nothing that we can do. We can't jump over into it's boundry. Neither should we belittle them . We are not appointed or elected by the government to carry on those jobs. At times a mere handphone is enough to send a message. So let they do it that way. We can't condemn them for using the handphone.

We are not a sharman nor a bomoh. We can't cure everything. We are not expert. We have yet many things to learn. We can't feel we are the greatest just because we have a rig and a repeater.

WE KNOW WE CAN HELP. We help when others need our help. If others refuse we cannot go round the world telling those people are bad for not wanting to accept our offer. WE should know our boundry.


Source: 9M2AR website