Alan Barrow wrote:
I've personally gone on site for two hurricanes. Not because I'm a
cop wanna-be. No, I did it at significant personal cost and
discomfort because thousands of folks needed help. And were asked,
somewhat desperately, to help. And we were uniquely positioned to
help,
I've found it interesting reading about US Emergency Comms. It seems to me
that many of your counties etc are quite small and don't have the critical
mass to invest in comprehensive comms networks.
Here in Queensland (Australia) the state government has an agency devoted to
emergencies (EMQ -
As we have been finding out through testing, ALE may have a place in a
few niche interest areas but it is likely to be of limited value on the
ham bands, and not well supported, since the shared nature of the bands
do not lend themselves well to this kind of continuously dedicated
Hi Rick,
From reading your comments I see you still fail to fully understand
the potential value of ALE to Amateur Radio, especially to ECOM.
ALE is the great facilitator to follow on communications, nothing
aside from MIL-STD AQC-ALE and the host of copy cat systems such by
the likes of
Rick wrote:
As we have been finding out through testing,
Hmm, you've been testing ALE? Don't see you in many of the logs.
I've been testing/using/linking ALE for a couple of years now. Getting a
really good understanding of what works well, what does not, etc.
I know you have a very strong
I walked the piney woods and hills of East Texas in cold and rain looking
for the astronauts and parts of the shuttle Columbia. Ham radio via
repeaters was the only way to communicate on a wide scale in that area at
that time. Yes, cell phones worked in some areas but would have been a PITA
when
IN SC we have a simialr system SCHEARTS that we are building into
hospitals. grants provide the equipment and hams have instaslled it into the
hospitals. then some of the staff have gotten ham licences also Ares /
races supplement the staff. 2M and 440 repeater system. the digital part
is APRS
Alan,
The testing was completed months ago and you know that very well as I
have discussed this before. I do not have a particularly strong position
on ALE. Have you ever considered that it might be you and your group who
take such a view? My view is in the middle as I have stated over and
: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:46 PM
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in
emcomm
Alan,
However, if you folks continue to attack your friends, you won't have
FYI, my hospital OWNS the ham equipment deployed at the facility.
ARES/RACES provides operators but we retain ownership of anything we
paid for out of Govt grants. I insisted on it , as a hospital
official, since I know how fickle some hams organizations can be.
Despite many clearly wonderful
Andrew O'Brien wrote:
I think that much of the hams in emcomms is a scam , or a way for
hams to play firefighter/cop/medic without actually having to be
one.The scam is the spreading of the concept that us hams sit
around all days looking for that ship's SOS or waiting for Skywarn to
be
Thank you Andy. Now you better duck. You have maligned the sacred
cow of ham radio.
Scott/K6IX
Andrew O'Brien wrote:
FYI, my hospital OWNS the ham equipment deployed at the facility.
ARES/RACES provides operators but we retain ownership of anything we
paid for out of Govt grants. I
But Alan, I deal with medical emergencies several times per week! As
I pointed out in my original post, I don't question that we have many
ham's that provide emergency communications. I do question the
integrity of amateur radio claims, and feel that it's capabilities
are vastly overstated.
On Jan 9, 2008 10:15 PM, Scott Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you Andy. Now you better duck. You have maligned the sacred
cow of ham radio.
Scott/K6IX
Hi Scott. Aside from amateur radio equipment and satellite phone's,
my hospital used the grant money for zillion dollar suits
I'm a bit surprised to see you say it this way, Andy.
We have a push here in my Section for all hospitals, under a grant to
consider the installation of an amateur radio VHF antenna, feedline, and
power supply as a basic radio communication framework in case of
emergency. Depending upon any
Andrew O'Brien wrote:
But Alan, I deal with medical emergencies several times per week!
Understood. With doctors, medical staff equipment to handle that.
Now take all that away. The need is still there, you just lost all the
infrastructure to handle it
different situation entirely
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To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:20:24 PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Emergency agencies/ ham equipment/ hams in emcomm
But Alan, I deal with medical emergencies several times per week!
As
I pointed out in my original post, I don't
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