"Amateur Radio is the only fail safe communication system in the world."
Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD
URL:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/01/17/3/


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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
"Ric" wrote in message
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if i lose power i have a battery backup for my computer ....As for the hf
and cw. well good luck qrp'ing with no power to run your amp.
"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:PF6ab.140040$kP.6227@fed1read03...
And when the power and internet is down (the big Bang) scratch
cellphoneys
and echo de Link
Back to HF and CW (you can operate off of battery power can't you ???)
But cellphoneys and echo de Link have their place.

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73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Ric wrote:
again amen brother. Echolink has provided a great service to ham
radio
...think of this . when cw of hf no longer does the job. pick up
your
dtmf
mic dial in you node number talk to home no matter where you are.

There's already a gizmo that does this. It's called a cellphone.