Give me an example of how your little group of robots has helped out in an emergency. If you do, I can give you one hundred times the examples of how live operators reacted and even were there ahead of emergencies. Ask any ham who was in the DC area on 9-11 how they kept the communications running. Ask the large group of ops who left this area and went to help out during Katrina. Ask my old neighbors in rural North Carolina who made sure we has communication during any of hurricanes or ice storms when the power and phones were down for days. We have people available all the time. We do not need to be on the air 24/7. We need to be active when and WHERE the problem is. Ask any group who respond to disasters if they want a ham or a computer. I am willing to bet they want a live person. Can your robots react to an emergency by being on the location in an instant? The only way they can is if a live op goes with them and then there are better ways to communicate. I am sorry Bonnie, but you are arguing from a very weak spot. 1% asking for 10% and more for a poor efficiency mode is nothing but a "land grab". Your points are based in personal opinion and lack any examples or numbers to back up the need to make this change. I spend all day working with people who want and need to make improvements in products and processes. The problem is put before me with some data and facts to analyze. I see no fact or real information. I would tell you that you have no real problem that requires you to take resources from others and you need to go improve your own area. Basically, improve your own mode before you try to run off all the others. Make the robots more efficient and and responsive before trying to take band allocations others. Dan expeditionradio wrote: Respectfully, those are all wonderful groups. But none of them provide 24/7 access for emergency traffic on HF. At best, their response is measured in hours or days.
Such 24/7 emergency access only exists with automatic systems. If you are voluteering to provide 24/7 service with manual systems, you will need more than just handwaving and oratory. You will need operators on duty around the clock, and a real system for alerting them. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
