"Steve Stone" wrote in message
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Let them use nextels.

If anything hits the fan and the Nextel system overloads there will be
one
less source for backup comms.

Some groups have to learn from their own stupidity (if they ever learn)

Steve

I could not agree with you more.
Ham comms are obsolete.

Even the Police, Fire and EMT's here all have NexTel
phones with the Talkgroup features, this in addition to
their regular trunked radios. Communications are no
longer a problem and using hams to get word around
is simply no longer necessary. Of course the hams will
never admit that they are as obsolete as the code keys
in their radio rooms.

Ham radio is now become a hobby
and no longer a service. Anyone who thinks otherwise
has their head buried in the sand like the proverbial
loony-toon cartoon ostrich.