"The Inevitable Death of Ham Radio"
 

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:44:04 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

Joe Tomasone (AB2M) on November 23, 2004

Yes, yes, I know. You've heard this before.

(Snip!)


Yawn...

Yes, we have indeed.

We'll hear it again and again too. Understand what I'm saying?

Shrug...

Tom,

What's your view please?

Mike


"Tom Randy" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:44:04 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

Joe Tomasone (AB2M) on November 23, 2004

Yes, yes, I know. You've heard this before.

(Snip!)


Yawn...

Yes, we have indeed.

We'll hear it again and again too. Understand what I'm saying?

Shrug...

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:05:10 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

Tom,

What's your view please?

Mike


It's total BS. Naturally.

Tom,

Sorry but what's "BS"?

Mike


"Tom Randy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:05:10 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

Tom,

What's your view please?

Mike


It's total BS. Naturally.

"BS" = Bull S--t

Mike Terry wrote:
Tom,

Sorry but what's "BS"?

Mike


"Tom Randy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:05:10 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:


Tom,

What's your view please?

Mike


It's total BS. Naturally.

"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Joe Tomasone (AB2M) on November 23, 2004

[snip]

And then the spectrum vultures will come.

http://www.eham.net/articles/9642



I don't know how valuable those little slivers of spectrum the hams have
above 30Mhz are, but the VHF-lo band isn't real active, and I'd think that
will fill up before the ham bands are threatened.

Most of the commercial HF users are gone to satellite, and the propagation
over the last few weeks again confirms the wisdom of that move. This isn't
1950, and I really doubt that a few Mhz of goofy HF propagation has a high
commercial value anymore.

Frank Dresser

A transceiver radio,even a cheaply home made transceiver radio with a
telegraph key and a little wire can transmit via morse code around the
World when all of the cell phones and satellites are knocked out,can
they not?
cuhulin

wrote in message
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A transceiver radio,even a cheaply home made transceiver radio with a
telegraph key and a little wire can transmit via morse code around the
World when all of the cell phones and satellites are knocked out,can
they not?
cuhulin


SW Propagation gets knocked out a hell of a lot more often than all of the
satellites and cell phones.

Anyway, one of the original article's points was that the emergency services
already have their own radio equipment and don't need ham radio.

Frank Dresser