"i use the bands that best match the path."

The medium more or less dictates that discipline for DX.

Anywhere, not just dx...I actually don't work that much dx...
Even regional, choosing the right band is important.

H-F has lost commercial traffic to cable and satellite which are
available around the clock and calendar.

Yea, but I can't use the commercial freq's anyway...So to me, HF
is unchanged.


Even broadcasters have
satellite subscribers. They supply pictures too.. Yes, there`s amateur
TV, but it isn`t prevalent, and CBers don`t do it either.

I'm fully capable of TV. slow scan anywhere , or ATV on 70cm...
Not to mention all the other services available like wefax, data, etc..
I can do it all mobile, if I have a laptop...

Anyone who wants to contact the world anyplace at any time can get a
cell phone. The worldwide system will become compatible and pervasive.

Yea, I have one of those too....For the non radio types, thats the
best bet...

Who wants to use Morse code?

Doesn't bother me, if I needed to. But morse would not likely
be used in an emergency type deal...I'd more likely be on fone...
But if they wanna go to morse, I'm ready.. If we actually had a
hurricane,
I see myself being on 2m mainly for local stuff, but also on 80/40
doing regional welfare checks and info, liason, etc...Bout the same
as any other "emergency" like the quake in Mexico City, etc...Except,
they used 20m more, being farther away...They matched the band to
the path...

MK