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October 24th 05, 12:23 AM

wrote:
Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:

I think the idea is that person 1 transmits to the end of his block,
then person 2 transmits to the end of their block. And so on and so on.
Be just like the olde days when the "relay" meant something in ARRL.
They will need every one of those "millions" of FRS radio owners.

When a kid did you ever play the party game 'pass it on'? You know where
you whisper something in someone's ear, they then pass it on to the next
person, then the next, then the next, ect. By the time it gets to the
last person it isn't anything like the orginal message. You don't need
that when you are trying to get critical information to a destination.

So the "Relay" in ARRL is a useless construct?

Wunnerful in theory, useless in practice?

Probably why there are forms to use, and that hams who are trained in
communications use 'em. Relaying messages would seem to be a simple
thing. But if several hundred people do the relaying without any
training, I'd bet that the message will look a little different at the
end as compared to just one or two relays by trained people.

- Mike KB3EIA -