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Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:06:00 -0700, JJ wrote: Steve Robeson, K4CAP wrote: All phones I saw in the EOC, othr than the aforementioned "cordless" phones were hardline. Must come as quite a shock to lennyboy and willie, especially since Amateur Radio seems to occupy a prominent place. 'specially since in all the command post exercises that our area hospitals have run in the last few years both landline and regular commercial radio circuits are turned off for at least an hour and ham rado - voice, packet, and SSTV - carried the load. Very successfully, may I add. There now you go, upsetting all the anti-ham crowd who can't manage to get a license, so the best they can do is attempt to discredit what they can't be a part of. |
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"Len Over 21" wrote in message ... Well, next time that happens, send me an aid request via NTS. I'll put together a CARE package for you with an extra can of Sterno so you won't be too cold. Ought to arrive in two months; takes 7 weeks to get the NTS message through...allow for sufficient time. Baaaaaaaaa Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! Even Glen "Bull****ter" Baxter's IARN is faster than NTS. Send in those IARN jump teams boys! -and while your at it, we have this new Membership premium for just $49.95....and if you act now, we'll throw in a bamboo steamer too as our free gift to U ! |
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PAMNO (N2EY) wrote in message ...
In article , (Steve Robeson, K4CAP) writes: Leonard H. Anderson is his own worst enemy...His foul mouth and his arrogant, "I Know Better Than You" personality more-than-adequately demonstrate the true nature of his "character". Then why bother with him, Steve? TAFKARJ approves of Ranting Steve. Now...I wonder why Brian Burke can't/won't answer the core question of this thread, that being where's his validation of his assertion that "licenseless services" play a "major role" (his choice of adjectives, not mine...) in "emergency comms". Isn't it obvious? In the case you cite, "won't" means "can't". Is that like, "I can't edit Kim's posts," or "I won't edit Kim's posts." Why bother with him, Steve? You know the nature of the responses you will receive, so why spend the time on folks who are not at all serious about amateur radio, or related policy issues? I'm quite serious ambout amateur radio. Their hobby is wasting time. Your time. No. Steve's hobby is wasting time. If you're interested in amateur radio policy matters, there's the BPL NPRM to comment on, As Len has reminded you. plus three restructuring petitions (FAR, ARRL, NCVEC) that will probably get RM numbers soon. As Len has reminded you. So happy you're paying attention. So unhappy that you approve of Steve's rantings. But that appears to be the direction you've been heading lately - extreme. |
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(Steve Robeson, K4CAP) wrote in message . com...
(Len Over 21) wrote in message ... In article , "Jim Hampton" writes: Hello, Steve I think I have figured out the real problem behind most of the flames both in this group and rec.radio.cb. I might be wrong, but it appears everyone is trying to defend that their particular turf is "important" and someone else's is not. ...more likely just defending their own pesonna, but why spoil your nice rant? Now Lennie get's to tell us how Jim's comments, otehr 1 than not being approved by him, are a "rant"... Fast-forward to today. Cell phones are likely the primary means of reporting those accidents. Who needs the hams? Some hams will say "who needs cb?" A lot of folks state that amateur radio isn't a service; it's just a hobby. Amateurs are all there to SERVE as "emergency minutemen!" Right. Lennie the Loser is trying to argue a point Jim's making that actually echoes some of HIS sentiments... How perculiar. 2 Few take into account how fragile that infrastructure of cell phones, telephones, and internet can be when a large area is affected. Riiight...on 11 Sep 01 the entire borough of Manhattan went down after the Attack on the WTC towers...? Ham radio was Johnny-on-the-spot immediately notifying all? Lennie...Jim said "the infrastructure is ftagile". 3 It's already been proven as just that. Can YOU "prove" otherwise, other than making snide or insinuating personal swipes at the folks commementing here...!??! That nasty ice storm in the North East (was it 1997?) affected areas for hundreds of miles. There were no cell phones as the cell phone towers went silent after power had been out for days. No electricty, no heat, no telephones for hundreds of miles. A relative of mine in Gouverneur, NY, had no heat, power, or telephone for two *weeks*!!! Upstate New York is YOUR "turf," right? Was anyone knocking the state of New York? (or New Yourk?) I don't think so. You have. You've "knocked" everything west of the Owens Valley. One amateur repeater was pressed into service for the police. I do not know if the repeater was reprogrammed or they simply moved the police repeater to the amateur site. The amateur site withstood the ice and they had generator backup with a *lot* of fuel available. Did the nasty police engineer get fired because he didn't specify emergency power for the "police repeater?" Does it matter? Does it change the fact that the incident happened and that it as documented in the media, Lennie? 4 I don't think it is as important "how" something is done as opposed to the fact that it gets done. If someone is assisting at a shelter cooking meals, that individual is *doing* something. That, to me, is more important than all of the useless crying that goes on around these parts from time to time Right...I'm going to need a ham license in order to volunteer serving at homeless shelters? They do serve ham. Quite good, tastes like chicken...wonder who it was? Where did Jim make such a statement, Lennie? BTW, during that ice storm, the calls were going out for batteries, flashlights, generators, blankets, food, coffee, and mobile amateur operators with HF capabilities. If you have nothing working for well over 100 miles in the N.E. U.S. and Canada, you will likely not get it done on VHF/UHF or cb. Did New York state close down all its National Guard units? Air Guard? Political disagreement between NY Governor and the White House? Was FEMA on vacation? No aid available for NY state? Terrible situation! Well, next time that happens, send me an aid request via NTS. I'll put together a CARE package for you with an extra can of Sterno so you won't be too cold. Ought to arrive in two months; takes 7 weeks to get the NTS message through...allow for sufficient time. Anything to help. You wouldn't help your wife by passing in a roll of toilet paper, Lennie. Putz. Steve, K4YZ |
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In article , "Phil Kane"
writes: All phones I saw in the EOC, othr than the aforementioned "cordless" phones were hardline. Must come as quite a shock to lennyboy and willie, especially since Amateur Radio seems to occupy a prominent place. 'specially since in all the command post exercises that our area hospitals have run in the last few years both landline and regular commercial radio circuits are turned off for at least an hour and ham rado - voice, packet, and SSTV - carried the load. Very successfully, may I add. Good for your area! At least that was a practical test with results, not some pointing-finger posturing. LHA / WMD |
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In article , "Phil Kane"
writes: On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:04:25 -0700, JJ wrote: Len Over 21 wrote: My home is quite restful, thank you. My wife likes it, too. But, it is not a "resthome"...2000 square feet, 1/3 acre, worth at least $350K on the market. If that's all you can get for $350k no wonder you are in such a snit all the time. In that part of L.A. one is lucky to get a two-hole outhouse for $350K. More toilet humor, Phil? :-) Where do you think "this part of L.A." actually is? It is far from Brentwood or Beverly Hills. Try Zip code 91352. So, while your attention is here, why does the FCC have TWO docket places for NPRM 04-29...04-29 and 04-37? How come the comments on 03-104 have Sunshine notices only for the period 6 Feb through 20 Feb. All the FCC feeds me is boiler- plate Q&A files. Maybe you can shed some light on that? LHA / WMD |
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N2EY wrote: In article , "Jim Hampton" writes: If you go back into the 50s and 60s, amateur radio served quite well for long-haul phone patches and in emergencies. Service in emergencies goes back much farther, of course. Very localized emergencies, such as an auto accident would largely be reported by normal telephone. Also by hams equipped with mobile rigs if telephone was not immediately available.. This is documented all the way back to the beginning of mobile operation by hams. Of course, the number of mobile-equipped hams limited the chances that there would be a ham in the area when such a localized emergency happened. In the 70s, the cb craze took hold and certainly I would expect that cb was sometimes used to report the accidents. The small number of amateurs would preclude them being involved very often in such a situation. I disagree on that last point. That same time period was the boom time for amateur repeaters and autopatching. At least in the areas I'm familiar with, such service by hams was very common. Voilla, cb is more important than ham radio. Certainly more numerous in those times. Questionable today, though. Fast-forward to today. Cell phones are likely the primary means of reporting those accidents. Who needs the hams? Some hams will say "who needs cb?" As long as the cell phones are avaialble, they are obviously the preferred method because anyone so equipped can push 911 and report directly. I think this may be the confusion here also. A cell phone is great for localized small-scale problems. If everyone has one, then of course they will be great for calling 911. An accident happens and likely the next person ther will have a cell phone. One of the best reasons for having one of the otherwise evil little devices. As the scale of problems gets bigger, then they become of less use, their usefulness being inversely proportional to the scale of the problem. Eventually, the cellular concept falls apart because of the massive support structure needed for the instruments use, and that often the same disasters that make emergency comms necessary take out that infrastucture. I recall the pictures from the wildfires in San Diego last year showing people trying to use their cell phones without success. The look on many faces was one of surprise that the things weren't working. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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