EMERGENCY ??? AMATEUR RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!

[Joshua Smith]

On Jun 27, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Joseph Bento <joseph at kirtland.com> wrote:

> On 6/27/2013 7:39 AM, William Fenn wrote:
>> 
>> I believe threats to our amateur bands come from the folks who would love to
>> take over the amateur frequencies for commercial purposes.
>> 
>> N4TS
> UHF and microwave frequencies, maybe, though unlikely.  Microwave would be the only part of the frequency spectrum that could offer any significant bandwidth.  HF would be all but useless for modern, portable communication.  Commercial shortwave broadcasters within the USA are essentially nonexistent today.
> 
> Though the amateur community often still gets praise for help in disasters, I believe we tend to think of ourselves as far more valuable than we actually

Agreed. I believe the value we end up offering in disasters is usually more because someone is their to help not because of the communications voids we are able to fill. 





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> Joe, N6DGY
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