Subj : Re: No license operators
To   : Blue White
From : jimmylogan
Date : Sat May 18 2024 09:39 am

-=> Blue White wrote to tenser <=-

 BW> The niche may be gone until there is an emergency of some sort.  A few
 BW> years back... well, 30 now, doesn't seem that long ago... we had an
 BW> unusually heavy snowstorm for this area.  The authorities had to turn
 BW> to the local HAM community for assistance as other forms of
 BW> communication were overwhelmed or not working.

Are you in Kentucky by chance? When I was getting my ticket 8 years
ago a local radio guy (not a HAM, but works for the place that 
services the police and sheriff as well as fire) was telling me
about an instance in Kentucky where the lines were broken and
they couldn't even talk to the capitol without the HAM guys...






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