RadioBanter - View Single Post - Ham-radio is a hobby not a service

March 20th 04, 10:59 PM

In article ,
(William) writes:

JJ wrote in message
...
Len Over 21 wrote:

Since the
hijackers had control of civil airways radios on that fourth plane,
the only available means of communications for the passengers
was by cell phone. Those calls got through.

Of course those calls got through

And that is the point. An emergency call got through. They get
through every day using cellular phones.

dimwit,

Interesting how you smart guys always end up calling people names.
That usually happens about the time they run out of valid arguments.

Emotional ham-lifestylers do that sort of thing regularly in here.

This anonymous anamalous poster seems unaware of the civil
airways communications capabilities of air carriers ("radios on
airliners"). He (or she, unknown) could have mentioned that and
a single button-press for the Transponder "squawk" signal. That
would have been a knowledgeable retort. But, those don't work
for spit if hijackers have taken over the cockpit.

the plane was in the air away
from any city that was experiencing a disaster, and any number of cell
sites that were not overloaded with thousands attempting dial 911, their
friends, ect., were available.

Our friend AA seems to think that "911" is a national network...an
overload in NYC is going to disable Jersey City or Anchorage? :-)

Do you think if that call had been attempted in NYC it would have gotten
through? Maybe, but more than likely not.

Hmmm. So passengers on airlines should not use cell phones in
emergencies. Every passenger flight should contain one Air Marshall
and one Amateur Radio Operator to handle whatever emergency comes up.

Sounds like a Plan! Send that to Dave Sumner (ARRL executive
president for life). He can make a dandy Editorial on that.

On-board Emergency Hams can wear a little shield in a wallet just
like real cops. In-flight attendants can ask other passengers,
"Coffee, tea, or health-and-welfare-messages?" :-)

LHA / WMD