Mike Coslo wrote:
Ernie wrote:
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote in message
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Let me see now... I have a reading comprehension problem... There are
MILLIONS of FRS users compared to 675,000 couch potatoes. What makes you
think that the proposal for a National SOS Radio Network is going to make
any changes to Amateur Radio Service response to national disasters?
APPARENTLY, AMATEUR SERVICE FAILED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A NATIONAL RESPONSE
TO DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE---THAT'S WHY FRS IS GOING TO
TAKE THE PLACE OF THE AMATEUR SERVICE!


And millions more cell phone users. Let the cell phone users make up
the emergency network, eh?

guess you did not the news about text messages and such during and
after Katrina

a decent case can be made that the USA should sell of all ham VHF/UHF
spectrum and use the money to build more redunacy in to the cell tower
network so at text will get through no matter what

- Mike KB3EIA -