I guess Eric didn't get this message sent directly to him the first time with specifics examples concerning CW during Katrina that we are aware of here.
best regards, Charles Allison wb5izd ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EricJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: CW in Emergencies? (WAS: Dropping the Code Test) > > ka5klu sent 10 to 20 h&w msgs per night into MS starting monday night > Don, ac5xk, did some msgs on monday night via cw also. These are the only > ones I know of because my wife is involved in the h&w networks and these are > the only ones she was interfacing with that were doing cw into the area - at > least that she told me about. > > As for cnn, are you sure they were really there? The media has been known > to fake things in the past as well as regularly distorting what they report. > In any case, I've never seen a media team doing emergency or h&w traffic > message handling, except as an occaisional diversion for the tv camera to > record. > > As for bpl, it's an abuse of existing technology that provides inferior > results compared to alternatives and causes harmful interference to a lot > more than just amateur radio. Just wait til it comes out that it's possible > to decode the data going through remotely and that some geek is selling > decoding systems on the gray market so that crooks as well as the fbi can > monitor what people are doing on it. note that such things have been done > by intellegence services all the way back to monitoring emitted noise from > the old telex machines. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "EricJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'charles allison'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 2:55 PM > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Re: CW in Emergencies? (WAS: Dropping the Code Test) > > > > WHOA! Back up the bus, there, Charles. I'd like a citation for that one! I > > have been searching google (a major investor in BPL) diligently and have > not > > seen a single reference to CW in this disaster. Not one. > > > > Actually, Craig fingered the reality. The FIRST communications out of the > > affected area were via CNN and the major networks who had pre-staged > cameras > > and crews in the area. > > > > We're living a myth. All of us. Hams, ham clubs, the ARRL. We're going to > > get blind-sided. That quote in the WSJ from a BPL rep saying "amateurs > were > > nothing", is a WARNING. With all the billions of dollars behind BPL, and > > hams defending their existence with fairy tales, we are ripe for an attack > > from powerful, moneyed interests and they will eat our lunch. > > > > > > Eric > > KE6US > > www.ke6us.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of charles allison > > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:17 AM > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Subject: [Elecraft] Re: CW in Emergencies? (WAS: Dropping the Code Test) > > > > > > The first communications with the affected area from the outside were HF > CW. > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
