Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service
From: (Len Over 21)
Date: 3/28/2004 3:32 PM Central Standard Time
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In article , Mike Coslo
writes:
If a ham punches in 911 on his or her HT on our local repeater system,
the call will indeed be patched into the local 911 center.
That's an excellent thing for your local repeater. It isn't a national
standard among U.S. amateur radio repeaters, de facto or de jure.
"De facto" or "de jure" noitwithstanding, it IS a technical possibility,
and for some of us, reality.
Sorry it punctured yet another "I Don't Have Any Practical Experience In
Amateur Radio Upon Which To Base This But I'll Take A Shot And Hope I Get Away
With It" rant, Lennie
The 911 combination IS a national standard for all telephone ESSs
in the United States and is accounted for in all number
combinations used in signalling and dialing in the telephone
infrastructure.
"911" is not.
"9-1-1" is. Please refer to the logo on any emergency vehicle that
promotes the number. This was done for a reason.
Your repeater's "patch" connects to the telephone infrastructure.
As such, amateur radio enables connection to an emergency
center...through the telephone system. The "patch" is entirely
voluntary and not universal.
Regardless...Your puppetboy exposed himself and left parts out to be
stepped on that should have never seen the light of day.
YOU exacerbated the silliness by spouting off on a topic that you were,
AGAIN, ill-prepared to address. Regardless of what's "voluntary" or "not
universal", direct 9-1-1 access on Amateur repeaters IS commonplace.
Back under your rock and go argue with Arnie about FARs and DFAR's
again...Oooops! I forgot...he backed you into a corner on THAT subject and
you've now decided to get "back on topic" there.
Funny how getting off-topic is OK by you right up to the moment that you
get backed into that corner...THEN you want to be newsgroup moderator and
redirect the conversation to YOUR needs. Of course when someone tries to
direct YOU back to a thread, they are treated to a verbal bashing by you about
your "rights" to talk about whatever YOU want to talk about, the First
Amendment, etc etc...
Two-faced creep.
Steve, K4YZ