Steve,

Hans was involved in emergencies. He can tell you the story about getting
comms back up to Guam from Saipan (did I get the right island that time,
Hans?

What everyone seems to forget here is that a considerable amount of military
traffic just might be classified. Also, do you want anyone knowing what the
ratio of classified to unclassified traffic is? If only some traffic were
encrypted, if that ratio changed to much more encrypted, people might be
able to draw some guesses as to "something is either happening or about to
happen".

The military has their way of doing things, and, quite frankly, I think they
do it very well indeed. No slam on amateur radio, but this is a very
different situation. Even military radios have mil-spec components and can
operate in conditions that our radios could not stand up to. You might be
in the Middle East in a desert in summer with sandstorms or in Korea in the
wintertime. You might be in a jungle with extensive rain and 100% humidity.
You might be in mountains.

Why would they try to include an unsecure (as opposed to encrypted - which,
by our laws, cannot be encrypted) service with gear that may perform well -
so long as the temperature is between 40 and 90 degrees farenheit with a
relative humidity between 30 and 90 percent and at an altitude not to exceed
10,000 feet?

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

"Steve Robeson K4CAP" wrote in message
...

I see you're ate up with "stupid" today, Hans. Air too rare in MN
these
days?

Not all MARS activities are involved in "emergency planning", however
MANY
installations INCLUDE the MARS program IN thier plans.

Sorry you are too caught up in your own self-righteousness to
acknowledge
it. Seeems you ahve a really bad problem with that lately.

It still doesn't change facts, however.

Sorry. It really IS THAT simple.

Steve, K4YZ



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