Subj : Re: Hope all of my Pi sysops are safe!
To : Blue White
From : Vk3jed
Date : Wed Apr 15 2020 02:11 pm
-=> On 04-14-20 13:23, Blue White wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Blue White <=-
TL> I've become a lot more active on ham radio in the last few weeks. It's
TL> an excellent way to stay connected in these times. :)
BW> Back in 1994 we had a huge snow/artic air event that pretty much shut
BW> the area down for most of a week. That was mid-January. In mid-March,
BW> we had what was then an historic flooding event. Both times, HAM
BW> operators (and SKYWARN members) played major roles in keeping
BW> communications going. The hobby got a lot of mention on the local
BW> news, and I can remember spending a lot of time listening to them on my
BW> scanner set.
Yeah, the public safety and government networks seem to keep going through
disasters here. There isn't the level of fallback to hams that the US sees for
whatever reason. Maybe because the emergency services here are funded and
managed at state level with an appropriate budget. I dunno.
... How does this work, is there an orientation?
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