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Tim:
Please stay where you are.. we already have
enough people in California...
California has started equiping EOC's with self
aligning antennas...because in previous major earthquakes. it took several days
to manually realign the antennas...
In the last major quake, those equiped with self
aligning antennas, while no where near instantaneous, were able to get back on
the air in a few hours.
During the period that they were off the air, Ham
systems have a role to play...
However when you get to the problems of shelters
and outlying areas... there are no permanent installations ....so the satellite
connection with self aligning antennas is just not available.. ...
plus during our 2003 Fires.. we found that both that 800 MHz Public
Safety Systems and the satellite coverage had reliability problems
getting through the dense smoke which blocked or refracted the
signals..
Here Ham Systems .. of which Winlink is just one
tool in our arsenal...usually have a major role to play for the duration of the
disaster...
__________________________________________________________ Howard S.
White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6 ex-AE6SM KY6LA Website: www.ky6la.com "No Good Deed Goes
Unpunished" "Ham Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires,
911"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:41
PM
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: NTS and
traffic handling and digital
If all else available to these EOC's failed then I hope to
God I am never in
the area they are responsible for when a disaster
occurs.
With the self-aligning satellite links that provide mega-bit
rates up and down
that are available today for less than $2500 a year, an
EOC without one is
just being penny-wise and pound foolish.
And if
you come back and say that the EOC's are located where there is no
satellite access, then I'll repeat, I hope to God I am never in the area
they
are responsible for when a disaster occurs. Such idiocy in site
location and
management is totally unacceptable.
Nobody minds you
being a cheerleader, Howard, and I agree with you that
Winlink should be a
tool in our arsenal, but when you start throwing out such
totally
unbelievable stuff, all you do is hurt the credibility of the people
in
charge of the EOC function in your county or state.
I'm sure they
appreciate you doing that.
tim ab0wr
On Saturday 25 February
2006 12:51, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:
> Obviously you are not
interested in a simple statement of fact...
>
> The 2 EOC's were
equiped with their usual equipment + Winlink. The usual
> systems
failed to connect because there was no direct propagation between
> the
EOC's. Winlink because of its ability to automatically
take
> advantage of relay connections was able to connect and pass the
traffic
> when all else failed in this situation. The beauty
of Winlink is that one
> can connect to any Winlink PMBO to pass traffic
so as propagation changes
> there is usually a PMBO within range making
for a fairly reliable means of
> communications.
>
> Winlink
was not a planned mode for the SET... but when all else failed..
>
Winlink came to the rescue..
>
> In spite of the Winlink Haters
out there... and there were also several in
> both EOC's at the time
....
>
> I know you do not want to hear it... but Winlink Worked
when all else
> available to the EOC's failed
>
> We, hams,
need to consider Winlink as ONE of our tools in our arsenal for
>
EMCOMM.... __________________________________________________________
>
Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6 ex-AE6SM KY6LA
>
Website: www.ky6la.com
> "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"
> "Ham
Antennas Save Lives - Katrina, 2003 San Diego Fires, 911"
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