Identify who I am? Well, Ed, I use the internet option for Yahoo groups and I have noted that on every message I enter on every group I post to - it clearly shows: "nj902 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" - so I didn't think there was anybody who didn't have access to QRZ if they wanted to know who I am.
As far as communications outside of the local area - we have HF rigs in our EOC and lots of local volunteers who are willing to show up with HF capabilities as needed. The general feeling is that if the disaster is big enough to take down wide area public communications carriers we wouldn't count on the internet or any internet linked system - D-Star or otherwise - plus - there are sat phones for communications with FEMA. It's just a matter of being prepared. As I said earlier, time will tell and D-Star as well as other amateur communications modes will keep evolving - the journey is where the fun is - I simply have pointed out that acceptance of the world-wide-routed D-Star model isn't universal. --------------------------------------------------------------- --- In [email protected], "Woodrick, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Interesting viewpoint (BTW, why do you never identify who you are?)..."
