>When disaster strikes and there is no electric power, cell phones, land lines >(cell phones use land lines too) no internet of any kind, HAM radio still works.
But I'm worried that in the future the hams will be greatly inhibited by the rising noise levels. This will discourage folks from being active in the hobby, and reduce the capabilities of those who remain. Steve WD8DAS [email protected] http://www.wd8das.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio is your best entertainment value. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Brian Zwiener <[email protected]> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 19, 2010 11:03 pm Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Broadcast stuff When disaster strikes and there is no electric power, cell phones, land lines (cell phones use land lines too) no internet of any kind, HAM radio still works. --- On Fri, 3/19/10, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bruce <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Broadcast stuff To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:40 PM Hello, And when the disaster strikes, and the power fails, and the laptops and cell phones do not work anymore....??? 73, Bruce WA8TNC ======================= Brett Gazdzinski wrote: > > When you think of it, what is up with ham radio, two guys trying to work > each other with qsb, qrm, using expensive equipment, big antennas, > towers, etc., when you could do voice and video over the internet on a cheap > laptop or an Iphone...on the beach, in the den, on a train, anyplace... > > Crazy world... > > Brett ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
