RememberAmature Radio is a hobby.
Professional, or Commercial orginizations view it as
such, even though the individual with the opinion may
himself be a ham.
Sure, there is SkyWarn and the like, but I have seen
an awful lot of misguided use of what the intended
purpose was when used. A lig
When there is an emergency in West Virginia and HAMs are called upon to
fill in EMCOMM roles, All news agencies refuses to acknowledge that. Even
Field Day dont get coverage or maybe a paragraph on the commics section.
Ed - kb8qeu
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The
news media in Atlanta has been qu
Here is some horn tooting:
I worked in the Martin County High School long-term Red Cross shelter for
ARES. When I arrived I asked the director what methods of communication they
were using and he pointed to his "Nextel" - which was of course NOT
working - and said "they (the Red Cross) gave us
Trinity river!
Paul
-Original Message-
From: Bob Dengler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:08 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Hurricanes and news centers
When I was in Ft. Worth last June during the severe thunderstorms
When I was in Ft. Worth last June during the severe thunderstorms &
flooding there, the local TV news broadcasts gave out the 2 meter repeater
frequencies used for the local Skywarn nets as places to get the latest
info on the storms.
We don't seem to get that kind of media exposure here in SoC
Please excuse my request, being off topic,
but it is relative to towers (which could affect repeaters in Colorado).
May I make a request of ALL of those
who have good coverage, or even spotty coverage, could you make a note of which
stations or papers they are and send me the contact
The news media in Atlanta has been quite active in running stories on
amateur radio during this hurricane season. Three different stories have been
done by three of our news stations. From the Georgia Section Manager:
"There've been three good TV spots about amateur radio on the news in
t
WELL hear in Atlanta each of the big three network stations have had a blip
on ham radio and Ivan they talked to two students down at the GA tech club
station and they interview mike over at ham radio outlet thought they have
done a pretty good job for the Atlanta metro area. don't know about your
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