The disaster in the Gulf coast and the less than optimal initial response suggests to me that citizens must shoulder more responsibility for emergency management. Communications loss must have played a large role in the failures that occurred. I can't help but wonder if there are fewer ham radio operators today and that if there were more, maybe they could make a difference in future emergency situations.
Imagine what a network of systems composed of Asterisk, ham radio, wifi, generators, batteries, and a reserve of fuel could have done for the Gulf coast. I have all of the components above except the ham radio. I suspect there are some folks on this list that have already implemented such a system. If so, I would like to read about what they have done so I can develop a plan to participate in this network if one exists. There's not much on google for "asterisk ham". http://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/ http://www.radioadv.com/default.htm Thanks, -- Mike _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
