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March 19th 04, 01:34 PM

(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ...
Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service
From: (William)
Date: 3/18/2004 9:48 AM Central Standard Time
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JJ wrote in message
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I ask him
about the use of cell phones during such times, he just laughed and said
that the cell phone network was useless for any emergency comms in such
a scenario.

For military use, absolutely. I wouldn't expect a senior military
official to respond differently.

Hey Billy Clueless...

Guess who's in charge if inland disaster response in the United States?

(1) The local and state agencies of the affected state, then:

(2) FEMA, then:

(3) The United States Army.

So...ya think that General's ONLY cnvern is calling in a fire mission with
those radios, Brain?!?!

Ahem, Bush didn't declare Martial Law after 9/11.

You laid claim to having been a MARS BST member...were the ONLY
"comms" that you supported tactical or strategic military traffic...?!?!

Local and strategic.

(Refore you answer, REMEMBER that I was also a member of USAFMARS and am
VERY familiar with MARS programs and policies...then AND now...)

Ooops. You got me there! Hihi.

Which BST were you on?

He also works with The Office
of Homeland Defense on emergengy communications issues and he confirmed
that the OHD is attempting to intergrate Amateur Radio in their plans
for emergency comms.

As they should; the military has backups to backups. Redundancy
equals Survivability.

From the Prince of the Putz who keeps arguning AGAINST the concept of
Amateur Radio AS a redundent communications program, this is funny!

Your correct to misspell ration is going up again. Name Calling is
through the roof. Time to do your breathing exercises.

This is the VERY thing most of "us" have ben arguing, but you keep trying
to denounce as false!

That's because I think the military can take care of their own comms
w/o a bunch of heroes with "shacks on their hips" running around
acting impotent.

I realize that I am no longer an instrument of national policy. You,
however, keep flopping from one pseudo-martial program to another.
You cannot let go of the fact that you are no longer in the service.
Get over it.

And I have consistently confined my argument to what the average
citizen needs.

You consistently ignore that, and go on and on with the continuity of
operations (government) agenda.

Average citizen doesn't need comms in an emergency?

Now lets talk about Average Citizen (AC). AC has actually used
cellular telephones IN the 9/11 emergency. Many ACs had successful
communications. AC has greater access to the cellular telephone
system than they have to amateur radio. For many ACs, cellular is
their emergency comms.

Do you doubt it?

For sending the police to an accident, fire, or medical emergency, yes,
this is "AC's" "emergency comms".

But you are arguing apples and oranges. The "emergency comms" being
argued here is NOT the average citizen's call for "routine" 9-1-1 service. Not
by a magnitude.

Then you have failed to read my posts and blindly respond with
garbage.