When disaster strikes and there is no electric power, cell phones, land lines (cell phones use land lines too) no internet of any kind, HAM radio still works.
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Bruce <bsugarb...@core.com> wrote: From: Bruce <bsugarb...@core.com> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Broadcast stuff To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:40 PM Hello, And when the disaster strikes, and the power fails, and the laptops and cell phones do not work anymore....??? 73, Bruce WA8TNC ======================= Brett Gazdzinski wrote: > > When you think of it, what is up with ham radio, two guys trying to work > each other with qsb, qrm, using expensive equipment, big antennas, > towers, etc., when you could do voice and video over the internet on a cheap > laptop or an Iphone...on the beach, in the den, on a train, anyplace... > > Crazy world... > > Brett ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html