"CW" wrote in
:

"Those who beat their weapons into plows will plow for those who do
not." I suspect the same will, for some people, be said of "those that
traded their Ham Radios for cell phones will be relying on those that
didn't" Can you say local disaster with extended power loss to the
towers?

For as much of the country that seems to be covered for cell use, and for
the areas that most people travel, there are indeed remote areas or areas
not adequately covered. I'll hedge my bet by having both a HAM radio and
cell phone.

Same with the shortwave broadcasters giving up the ghost in favor of the
internet and doing internet "radio". I do much of my listening with
portable radios, I can't see being encumbered with a piece of magnificent
technology that needs to be tied to something else in order for me to
hear the show i.e. a phone line or cordless network.

Too much high technology, too little assured reliability.

We have two 3000 HP electric motors at work that are controlled by
variable frequency drives. Nice, when they work. Finicky otherwise. The
same motor did the same job for years without the VFD, no problems. More
technology, more problems.

Regards.



It would depend on where you are at. If you are in hilly country and
you are not right on the top of a tall hill, don't count on a portable
CB to have more than 1 to 2 miles range, if that.

--
Never say never.
Nothing is absolute.