Yeah...that would be the one where you buy a book and sit in the corner and not insult other peoples intelligence with your arrogance...Especially as an newbie...:>)
Gary n8gsj n4ijs wrote: > Hello! > > I am new to this forum, so please forgive me if this comes across off > base. But, I came here looking for information on digital modes for > Amateur Radio - not various, multi-post messages about various peoples > opinion (and arguments) on unrelated topics. > > I am sure that these discussions are important to a select group of > folks, but are there no other places for these types of discussions to > take place? > > I belong to several Ham related Yahoo! forums and this one certainly > produces (by far) the most emails; however, few are related to the > topic at hand. So, I have to weed through these other messages to get > to the "real" ones. > > If this just the way of this forum, that's fine - I will just > unsubscribe. I hope that isn't the case, but, if it is, can anyone > recommend a forum for exploring digital modes within Ham Radio? > > Thanks and 73, > Robert - N4IJS > > > --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Rud Merriam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In Katrina and Rita shelters were opened where there were people in >> > need. > >> Whether supplies could readily reach them was a problem to be >> > solved, not a > >> requirement for shelter location. You are not understanding the >> > widespread > >> nature of these disasters. It was easier to solve the supply problem >> > than > >> the rescue problem. >> >> A supply truck or helicopter with supplies can make it in once a >> > day. The > >> multiple vehicles, trucks or helicopters, to evacuate people were not >> available. >> >> Your "hypothetical" versus others "real world" experience is >> > misleading you. > >> >> Rud Merriam K5RUD >> ARES AEC Montgomery County, TX >> http://TheHamNetwork.net >> >> >> >> Your first paragraph indicates that the shelter was so remote and >> > isolated > >> that it required helicopter delivery of food and water. Yet you also >> indicate that you were in your truck which indicates you could drive >> > to the > >> shelter. Maybe you were driving a monster truck? Some of this >> > appears to be > >> an appeal to emotion. >> >> I HAVE been around long enough to know neither the ARC or SA would >> > open a > >> shelter in a location that was not reachable by regular supply >> > vehicles nor > >> that had SOME kind of communications. I am pretty sure that the >> > government > >> authorities would not authorize this either. To do otherwise is simply >> asking for the shelter staff to require 'rescuing' at some time in the >> future thereby adding to the problem. >> Consequently, when you say no communications, you are overstating >> > the facts. > >> Now maybe, a runner in a vehicle may the only means of >> > communication, but > >> never the less, it is communications. >> >> >> >> Jim >> WA0LYK >> >> > > > > > Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Page at > http://www.obriensweb.com/sked > > > DRCC contest info : http://www.obriensweb.com/drcc.htm > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
