[CQ-Contest] Summary: Disruption of Emergency Communication during CQWW SSB contest

[Henk Remijn PA5KT]

IF we would know there was an emergency we would listen.

But how do we know?
 From the national television? The only news I could find about Tomas 
was an item about hurricanes with a referral to Tomas. The date of the 
article was  Nov 8.

Devastating weather only reaches the news if there are a large number of 
casualties and/or when it impacts the local region.

So it is important that emergency communication takes place on 
frequencies were everybody expects this and that alternative frequencies 
are choosen so that interference from other traffic is minimal.

73 Henk PA5KT


Op 17-11-2010 2:10, Steve Hanlon schreef:
> please stop and think about this entire thread.  we all have a radio (or
> two) in front of us.  if an event happened that required HF comms, i
> would think plenty of people would stop contesting and monitor the
> situation.  is ham radio contesting that important that it must happen
> during a emergency that needs HF support?  would you still try to run'em
> if a disaster struck like the tsunami?
>
>    if there is a real life and property situation, the bands would
> quickly make space just from the amount of people monitoring.  at least,
> i would hope the people with the best stations on the planet would stand
> by in such an instance...
>
> -Steve, WM3O
>
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