On Jan 10, 9:07*am, Joe wrote:

Lets be real. *Nothing wrong with Dx'ing and Contesting or any other
facet of the hobby. *But know that these are the real reason behind
many off the cuff fan the flame posts in support of knocking down
zoning rules

Agree with Joe. The emergency communication thing is just and excuse.
If they really want something that can help during an emergency, they
should buy a satellite phone. Would also be a lot of cheaper. They've
already got a 40 foot high antenna which is more than adequate for
emergency communications in the Hartford area.