Yes as in anything we have good and not so good...my point was that HAM folks have had systems operating when no one else did and it makes sense that emergency agencies have knowledge and relationship with local folks just in case your state of the art system fails. Look at how thinking out of the box saved astronauts way back then...or poor analogy...when UFC first came out...all these high rank black belts got whooped by skinny juijitsu guy....now they have adapted and evolved...same thing to me...fuck the politics... make it work. Period On Feb 24, 2016 8:46 PM, "Colin Stanners" <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well it's true there's a huge variety of people and experience in the ham > community, it's certain there will be some that suck, and so it's a risk > getting involved without good research first. > > But in general, they - or I should say us hams- have a very nice > combination of tower sites, active hardware, spare hardware, RF knowledge > and eagerness for community service so as to respond rapidly in any > situation. > > I just hope more hams will evolve from old voice / kilobit-speed packet > networks to new 2.3 / 5.9ghz IP systems so as to keep pushing boundaries > and advancing the hobby. > On Feb 24, 2016 9:00 PM, "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> I'm guessing Lewis and one or two others have had some sort of bad >> dealing with a HAM and now hate the all forever for any impractical reason. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> >> *To: *af@afmug.com >> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 24, 2016 8:33:56 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Tessco Show >> >> FirstNet is a joke. Hardly anyone has reached DHS' level 6 >> interoperability and they are going to replace all that hardware at a cost >> by some estimates of over $10 billion.There have been several hair brained >> schemes to pay for it but nobody has proposed a plan that is likely to >> succeed. The only viable option seems to let the carriers do it. Great, >> just what we need: a public safety system with all the reliability of our >> cell systems. >> Back on the HAM topic huh? The reason they don't like running exercises >> with them is that they are a crap shoot. Some are great, some are complete >> jokes. Nobody wants to be graded with the wildcard in the mix. >> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:34 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> well I attended some interesting sessions. The Public safety one had >>> several speakers from industry , gov't and academia... >>> Learned allot and will share some important items later but I asked a >>> question that really caught them off guard.....there was no mention of any >>> testing or work on their disaster scenarios which involved HAM radio guys. >>> One of the members acknowledged that during Katrina and Bastrop >>> emergencies...the HAM radio network was the only available in many places >>> and then asked why they never mentioned using 4.9 GHz but only 2.4 and >>> 5GHz...mu ch more to come about First Net and testing to be done on >>> dangerous border.....Canada and US is April. >>> Lots of stuff to share and some new antenna players I never saw before. >>> Met Sakid Ahmed from Cambium and chatted for an hour ...learned some >>> cool things.. >>> Well late lunch and Tecate beckons....chime in later,,,,,talk amongst >>> yourselves..topic is LMR over IP and IoT.... >>> laters >>> >>> Jaime Solorza >>> Wireless Systems Architect >>> 915-861-1390 >>> >> >>
