In article m, "Dee D. Flint"
writes:

"William" wrote in message
. com...
Put 100 million amateurs on our bands and you think you can get a
message thru?

You are obviously unaware that in an emergency, the government can and does
declare designated frequencies off limits to general usage for the duration
of that emergency.

Right, Mama Dee, that's "exactly" what happened after the second
hijacked airliner crashed into the WTC towers, didn't it?

Right...just like the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes when
the government ordered every radio thing be all ham emergency...

Right...just like all the southwest and northwest firestorms had
every radio commandeered for emergency use.

Right...just like every hurricane striking the east coast has all radios
off limits by Order.

Right...except the broadcast people, the news people, the Public
Safety Radio Services people, the utility radio (PLMRS) people,
the activated National Guards people, FEMA, etc., etc., etc. were
all using their radios as they usually would WITHOUT any nasty
gubmint orders.

I am saddened that your local telephone infrastructure has such
poor service wherever you live. However, here in the sunny
Greater Los Angeles area the telephone infrastructure was quite
normal after the first two hours of the Northridge quake. That was
ten years ago, of course, and the cell phones weren't as many
but neither were there as many cell sites. It all evened out.

But, in your scenario of the mind, "all cell sites fall down during
emergencies" and only ham radio can save everyone. In real
life they sure didn't. Don't let that trouble you. We are all
children to you.

LHA / WMD