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March 28th 04, 03:51 AM

(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ...
Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service
From: (William)
Date: 3/27/2004 8:52 AM Central Standard Time
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message
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And WHY does it take 911 operators to handle "every" call, Brain?

I might have been wrong. Perhaps answering 90% of 911 calls is
acceptable practice in some localities. "Good enuf 4 Gubmn't Work."
Like the 911 operator that kept hanging up on "sniper" Lee Malvo.

What "90%" Brain?

Now dammit, Steve, you're the one who wanted to know why it takes a
911 operator to handle every 911 call.

See above. Retract your idiotic comment or forever be known as a
liar.

ALL of the 9-1-1 calls get answered where I live.

Whoa! Here too.

NOT all of the calls warrant a Code 3 response.

Do all calls warrant being answered?

We only
need one, maybe two on any call, if you allow for one being on the phone
and
one on the radio...

How does a citizen call a 911 operator on a radio?

Hmmmmm...there are several ways.

First of all is to use the autopatch if a licensed Amateur.

Second is to be an authorized user of the county dispatch network (which I
am)

Third is to...never mind...I could be at this all day...

I'll bet you could. Nuts.