Your post didn't include this quote from Mr. James Screeden who is a Vice President at Motorola working in the field, drawing a salary, and tending to the needs of his commercial accounts, NOT the suffering people of New Orleans.
"The hams also get little respect from telecommunications-equipment companies, such as Motorola Inc. "Something is better than nothing, that's right," says Jim Screeden, who runs all of Motorola's repair teams in the field for its emergency-response business. "But ham radios are pretty close to nothing." Mr. Screeden says ham radios can take a long time to relay messages and work essentially as "party lines," with multiple parties talking at once. I think Mr. Screeden owes an apology for demeaning the hard work and dedication of those hams who go unpaid and unreimbursed to help in this and other disasters. Mr. Screeden should be ashamed, Motorola should be ashamed, and this mean-spirited insult should not go unanswered. You can contact the following person to let your views be known: Media Center Steve Gorecki Motorola, Inc. 847-538-0368 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think the ARRL should demand a formal apology from Mr. Screeden and his superiors at Motorola, but I think every amateur radio operator should contact Mr. Gorecki and express your own thoughts. Eric KE6US -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Commo Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage... Highlights from a story in today's Wall Street Journal, As Telecom Reels >From Storm Damage, Ham Radios Hum: _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
