RadioBanter - Ham-radio is a hobby not a service

Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service
From: (William)
Date: 3/25/2004 5:57 PM Central Standard Time
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message
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Subject: Ham-radio is a hobby not a service
From: (William)
Date: 3/24/2004 6:04 PM Central Standard Time
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message
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Not every call to Fire, Police or EMS rates a 9-1-1 response.

It is here.

Then you obviously don't know about tiered dispatching. (Why am I not
surprised?)

My mistake. I misread you statement.

Every emergency call here is handled by 911 operators.

Must be nice to have a tax base that supports having 911 oerators.

We have about 7 operators at our 9-1-1 dispatch facility.

Also, most 9-1-1 centers are trying to make it well known that they
want
people to use 9-1-1 for TRUE emergencies...bleeding, robbery-in-progress,
smoke/fire, etc...The cat in the tree or the broken window don't rate a
Code 3
response.

Do you know the difference? Do you KNOW what's an "emergency" as
opposed
to urgent or routine...?!?!

All of your posts are emergencies.

Lots of ALLCAPS, """QUOTES""", """ACCUSATIONS""", and """DEMANDS"""

I guess that's what it takes to get a reply from you.

You're more likely not to get a reply with that tactic.

What "tactic", Brain?

Firts of all I don't reply in "ALLCAPS". I do use specific words
capiltalized for emnphasis, and this only becuase it seems that YOU require
the mephasis in order to understand what's being said.

Secondly, if I put something in "quotes", it's again to specifically
emphasize the word or to make it apparent that I am repating someone elses
words.

Third, I only make "ACCUSSATIONS" when there is some proof that I am
correct.

So far you spent about 10 days dodging an explanation to questions about
YOUR assertion that unlicensed radio services play a "major role" (your
adjectives) in "emergency comms" (your "term")

Lastly, the "damands" only seem like "demands" when YOU are hard-pressed
to respond because you know that some soft, tender part of your anatomy is in
the vise.

Sorry, PuppetBoy...you put them there...Ya shouldn't have put them there
if getting them squeezed was against your nature.

Not that you'd answer any of it honestly anyway.

Not that you target minutia and then demand retribution.

If I wanted "retribution", I
d have it.

AS for "target(ing) minutia", this IS a forum about communications, and
you've made an assertion of fact about emergency communications that I am
asking you to substantiate.

So far you've refused, choosing, rather, to make assertions of mental
instability or other allegations that are so obviosly a childish, sandlot
dodge...Not that I'd expect anything else from Lennie's "mentor"...

However when the cell
network is either down or so overloaded because of everyone
attempting
to call home to say, "I'm ok turn on your tv", that he can't get a
call
through, he can use his cell phone to play games until the emergency
is
over.

Ever notice how immense those pyramid alert rosters get at the bottom?

Actually, the network goes down trying to notify enough amateur
volunteers who signed on but really aren't available.

Most of the "amateur volunteers" I know have scanners, pagers and
radios
on...No cellphone necessary.

Gosh. You don't say?

I'll bet they got cell phones, too.

Some do.

Most of the people I know have cell phones.

And your point is....?!?!

Most of the people I know are capable of lying, too, but most of them
don't. Why do you?

Steve, K4YZ