On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:19:47 -0400, "Dee Flint"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote:

I think the idea is that person 1 transmits to the end of his
block,
then person 2 transmits to the end of their block. And so on and so on.
Be just like the olde days when the "relay" meant something in ARRL.
They will need every one of those "millions" of FRS radio owners.

When a kid did you ever play the party game 'pass it on'? You know where
you whisper something in someone's ear, they then pass it on to the next
person, then the next, then the next, ect. By the time it gets to the
last person it isn't anything like the orginal message. You don't need
that when you are trying to get critical information to a destination.

So the "Relay" in ARRL is a useless construct?

Wunnerful in theory, useless in practice?


No it simply means that without a structured format, message training, means
of checking the message (such as word count), etc that the system breaks
down. The formal message handling systems have these. The FRS system does
not.

but if no one can find the enterence points the system can work either

Dan was quite spefic in saying Messages did not enter the NTS in any
real numbers

an adhoc system based on drawing togther FRS or CB's etc the message
will degrade within them for the reasons you mention the question is
will they get far enough to do some good

or better still How Hams intergarte this capity and use it to allow
the folks to reach them and then they can reach the either the NTS or
local authorities

that is why I think all hams realy ought to have a decent CB setup a
radio and decent anttenas for FRS and idealy MURS radios (and amp to
use in such an emergency as well as their ham station

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


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