‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2007 QST PAGES 44 AND 98 ‰ AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE, SPONSORED BY THE ARRL. THERES ALREADY PLENTY OF INFORMAL INTERCONNECTIVITY THROUGH INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS BELONGING TO TWO OR ALL THREE ENTITIES. THAT WASNT ENOUGH, THOUGH, TO SCRATCH THE FULL POTENTIAL OF AMATEUR RADIO DURING A KATRINA SCALE CATASTROPHE. YET TWO YEARS LATER THERES STILL NO CONCRETE GUIDELINE FOR MESHING CIVILIAN AMATEUR RADIOS UNMATCHABLE LOCAL AGILITY WITH THE UNIQUE CAPACITY OF MARS ‰ FROM PAGE 98 ‰ JA8ADQ/368 JA8GMZ/343 JA8MS/361 JA8OW/354 JA9BEK/345 JA9LSZ/337 JD1AMA/343 ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚