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William wrote:
JJ wrote in message ... William wrote: I would hazard a quess that the average American Citizen DOES know someone with a cell phone. Cell phones are almost ubiquitous, so much so that they are annoyances. 100 million subscriptions, 265 million people. You do the math. And the network becomes useless in an emergency, Stop right there. In every emergency ever, the cell network always becomes useless? As far as millitary and civil authorities are concerned for official emergency comms... a big *yes*. |
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William wrote:
JJ wrote in message ... William wrote: You just cannot bring yourself to say that cellular telephones have any use whatsoever in an emergency. For handling official emergency traffic they are not of any use, that is why the military and civil officials dismiss them completely from their emergency planning. They do include ham radio. Lemme see. Emergency planners have cell phones tagged to their belts, right? Sure they do, but in the case of a 9/11 emergency they would be hard pressed to use them. Cell phone are great during the planning, but when the real emergency comes, they become useless for emergency comms. Emergency planners don't have ham radio tagged to their belts, right? If they are licensed hams they might have. Why would they if they were not licensed? Face it billyboy, for the real comms needed in an emergency situation, the cell network is not considered by emergency officials to be of use, they do consider ham radio. |
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In article , JJ
writes: claims that "CB" originated in 1946...except that "11 meters" is not at 465 MHz. :-) There was a band at that frequency that citizens could apply for and use, thus a "citizens band" or "cb". It was called the "citizens radio service" even back then, and the 465 MHz allocations were referred to as Class A and Class B citizens' band - or cb. (One class was voice and the other was radio control). When the 27 MHz allocations were authorized, they were known as Class C and Class D cb. CB was already more than a decade old in 1958. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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JJ wrote in message ...
William wrote: JJ wrote in message ... William wrote: You just cannot bring yourself to say that cellular telephones have any use whatsoever in an emergency. For handling official emergency traffic they are not of any use, that is why the military and civil officials dismiss them completely from their emergency planning. They do include ham radio. Lemme see. Emergency planners have cell phones tagged to their belts, right? Sure they do, Hmmm? wonder why? but in the case of a 9/11 emergency they would be hard pressed to use them. Cell phone are great during the planning, but when the real emergency comes, they become useless for emergency comms. They do, huh? So rather than flipping open their cell phone and stating "dial EOC," they race back to the EOC and invoke a 100% recall of emergency responders without even trying their cell. Emergency planners don't have ham radio tagged to their belts, right? If they are licensed hams they might have. And the chances of that are? They probably have a greater chance of gettin thru on their cell phones than they do being licensed. Why would they if they were not licensed? They would have an amateur hooked to their belt keying the PTT button. Face it billyboy, for the real comms needed in an emergency situation, the cell network is not considered by emergency officials to be of use, they do consider ham radio. Yet they wouldn't be w/o that cell on their hip. Wonder why? |
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JJ wrote in message ...
William wrote: JJ wrote in message ... William wrote: I would hazard a quess that the average American Citizen DOES know someone with a cell phone. Cell phones are almost ubiquitous, so much so that they are annoyances. 100 million subscriptions, 265 million people. You do the math. And the network becomes useless in an emergency, Stop right there. In every emergency ever, the cell network always becomes useless? As far as millitary and civil authorities are concerned for official emergency comms... a big *yes*. Are you the SECDEF? Are you the Director of FEMA? You paint with a broad brush and without authority. That makes it grafitti. |
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ...
Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service From: Leo Date: 3/18/2004 5:18 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: On 18 Mar 2004 20:29:09 GMT, (Len Over 21) wrote: Maybe the Blue Angels will perform a fly-over and aerobatic demonstration at the conclusion? If so, find out who is one of the Solo pilots. That name may come as a surprise. :-) That would be Maj. Len Anderson, USMC. A relative, perhaps? I know two "Len Anderson"'s here in SE Tennessee... Thankfully, both of them are responsible, thoughtful men of reputable character. Unlike the "Len Anderson" who posts to RRAP. Steve, K4YZ I know only one Steve Roberson and he's nuts. |
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message gy.com...
"William" wrote in message om... Put 100 million amateurs on our bands and you think you can get a message thru? You are obviously unaware that in an emergency, the government can and does declare designated frequencies off limits to general usage for the duration of that emergency. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE That is correct. They would likely put amateurs off the air. |
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JJ wrote in message ...
Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote: But NOT for the types of communications that were supported by Amateur Radio...that's the PURPOSE of Amateur Radio...to relieve those other services of having to worry about that. Lets see if in the next emergency when another service is needed to relieve other services, which the emergency officials call on first for relief, lenny and witless william with their gameboy cell phones, or ham radio. Try as they may to discredit ham radio's usefullness in such times, the military and civil authorities consider ham radio to be viable means of communications in emergencies, but not the cell network. JayJay, I happen to be an amateur. I have equipment. I have been trained. I am available should the need arise. I do not discredit amateur radio's usefulness in such times. Yet you greatly discredit the impact that cellular telephones have made on emergency communications. |
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