----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Glover" <psykey@okcforum.org>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Interference to Hurricane Rita Ops
> It seems obvious to me that emergency communications should
> get the top priority on any band, at any time. Dismissing
> the notion that emergency operations might be given some
> room where they need it, because, hey, they can always QSY
> to somewhere no one else cares to operate at the moment,
> strikes me as a little misguided.
Jim, how many frequencies do those supposedly handling emergency
communications need? I've seen postings now of two or three nets per band
and these are just the SSB nets and don't even include the regular NTS
system. I wouldn't doubt there are more. I thought WINLINK was supposed to
handle all this..at least that was the ARRL's rationale for screwing up the
bands with their new bandwidth proposal.
How much of this "emergency communications" is true emergency communications
in support of local governments and charities as opposed to "health &
welfare" messages for people who have probably evacuated anyway and are
fully capable of making a phone call.
If after two or three weeks of hurricane emergencies SATERN or NTERN or
whatever hasn't been able to communicate to the amateur community where
these communications are taking place, then the haven't done their job.
Assuming that QRL from a cw op when cw ops often intentionally interfere
RTTY ops during contests because their space has been invaded is the height
of arrogance.
I'm sorry they are having trouble with their net but emergency preparedness
is about planning ahead and these folks haven't bothered to do that.
73 de Dave, N0IT
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