Dropping the code caused the blackout?
 

I'm sure someone can figure out a connection.....

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:16:11 GMT, Jim Hampton wrote:

No,

That was me hooking up a doorbell :)

No kidding! A friend of mine in NY (Long Island) related that all
the heavy-current appliances in her house were going, and she had
just plugged in and turned on the vacuum cleaner when the juice went
off..... ggg

(Buy stock in Generac....)

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

From: Robert Casey

Dropping the code caused the blackout?

No, but with cell phones down, all communications was lost - except to those
that knew Morse code.

No, our repeaters were up and running. There are repeaters around here that
aren't even connected to the mains :)

btw, cell phones were in trouble, they can't handle all of those calls to
911 "what happened to the power?" - pagers were out, and the local tv
stations were down. I found out what was going on (my e-mail and homepage
were down too) via those repeaters. Funny how that happens just when folks
are convinced that there is no need for amateur radio what with telephones,
cell phones, internet, etc.



73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

"Vshah101" wrote in message
...
From: Robert Casey

Dropping the code caused the blackout?

No, but with cell phones down, all communications was lost - except to
those
that knew Morse code.





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Jim Hampton wrote:
No, our repeaters were up and running. There are repeaters around here that
aren't even connected to the mains :)

btw, cell phones were in trouble, they can't handle all of those calls to
911 "what happened to the power?" - pagers were out, and the local tv
stations were down. I found out what was going on (my e-mail and homepage
were down too) via those repeaters. Funny how that happens just when folks
are convinced that there is no need for amateur radio what with telephones,
cell phones, internet, etc.

Funny you should mention that. At a recent public service event, the
organizers were trying out cell phones for support this year, in
conjunction with the amateurs. They were hoing to replace the hams with
the actual support people that we interfaced with having a cell phone.

Well, most of the race was in areas where cell coverage was not. The
phone my cohort had would ring occasionally, but he couldn't raise
anyone after answering. And for general announcements, HQ had to call
everyone who had a phone, since there was no way of all the cell phone
users getting the message at once. Then they had to try recalling those
who were out of range.

Took about a half hour for them to realize that the cells simply didn't
work.

"can you hear me now?"........now? 8^)

- Mike KB3EIA -

In article , "Kim W5TIT"
writes:

Obviously it was caused by all the eager, young, computer-literate
technically-savvy new hams all using their computers, doing the coding
on wonderful new digital modes for us hams to use!

73 de Larry, K3LT


If they're all that computer-literate and technically-savvy as you espouse
them to be, then they're obviously intelligent enough to spend their time on
far more constructive things....

Kim W5TIT

Kim:

As usual, you don't know what you're talking about. It is the NCTA who
always spoke of the young, computer-literate, technically-savvy people
who would create a digital paradise for amateur radio when the code
testing requirements were reduced and/or eliminated! I was simply
poking fun at them, but, typically, it went right over your head! Perhaps
you were too busy "reading between the lines."

73 de Larry, K3LT