[SCCC] Egypt Internet BLOCKED - Ham Radio Used to Communicate by Egyptians !

[Michael Tope]

It's both good and bad. Good in the sense of demonstrating the "when 
everything else fails" aspect of ham radio, but bad in the sense that it 
might trigger a government backlash against Egyptian amateurs. I suspect 
this is exactly the reason why amateur radio is discouraged are simply 
not permitted in some despotic countries (P5 comes to mind). I hope that 
doesn't happen, but worse things have occurred in countries where the 
rule of law is at the whim of a tyrant. Keep your fingers crossed for 
our friends in SU land.

73, Mike W4EF.................



On 1/31/2011 9:56 AM, Timothy Coker wrote:
> I don't think some of us, with towers and yagi's that cannot be missed from
> other's eye sight, will be sending very anonymous messages anytime soon. :)
>
> I liked the article though, reminds me of the guy's in the Falkland Islands
> using ham radio transmitters, wires, and battery power to report back to
> England on Argentinian troop movements.
>
> 73,
>
> Tim / N6WIN.
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Dennis Vernacchia<n6ki73 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> *http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20110130/cm_huffpost/815889
>>
>> *
>>
>> *"Internet<http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20110130/cm_huffpost/815889#
>>> not
>> working, police cars burning," sent out one Egyptian.
>> *
>>
>> *"Today marks a great day for Egypt," sent out another.*
>>
>> * These messages weren't coming from mobile phones or computers,*
>>
>> * but from an amateur radio sending out Morse Code somewhere amidst the
>> chaos in Egypt. *
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