But then we ended up with McGregor vs Diaz... And the freak show that was Dada-5000 vs Kimbo :( On Feb 24, 2016 10:34 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >>> *To: *[email protected] >>> *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 <[email protected]> >>> 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 >>>> >>> >>>
