While many here have commented on the Emergency Communications aspect of Amateur Radio and how it affects communities that ultimately pass antenna ordinances, there is another aspect that shows the A
Ham radio is, contrary to some opinions, still necessary for emergency communications. I have sitting on my mantel a certificate from the American Red Cross thanking me (with many other hams) for our
American Today this is true.. but in 20 years? People making studies of emergency comms tend to take the fact that hams were needed as evidence that the official system is deficient in some way. Also
Hi Jim, Good points all. And, to some extent, the official system IS deficient in some ways. That has been pointed up by studies. The problem is, we often don't know about the deficiencies until a pr
I've long thought we should advance the above argument. Hams invest a lot of their own time and money to provide a free-to-the-pubilc communications infrastructure in time of emergency. If ham radio
Good points, Rick. That is probably why the ARRL came up with contests and the DXCC program. Both programs motivate vast numbers of hams to maintain top notch HF communications capability. DXers and
Michael Tope wrote: Good points, Rick. That is probably why the ARRL came up with contests and the DXCC program. Both programs motivate vast numbers of hams to maintain Here in Midland County, the EO
At 02:49 PM 9/24/2004 -0400, Tower (K8RI) wrote: Michael Tope wrote: Good points, Rick. That is probably why the ARRL came up with contests and the DXCC program. Both programs motivate vast numbers o