It sounds like one guy's rant to me. He refers to a letter supposedly sent by CAL FIRE, but gives no reference to back up the claim.
In Sonoma County, California we have a 146.13/73 repeater system at the County site on Sonoma Mountain that has been there for years. I'm a member of the local ACS (Auxiliary Communications Service, basically RACES) but I have heard nothing about any changes to the repeater status. CAL FIRE's Volunteers In Prevention (VIP) program uses specially-trained Amateur Radio operators to assist CAL FIRE's efforts during wildland fires and other emergencies. It's been many years since I was involved, but the program is still going strong as far as I know: https://www.fire.ca.gov/programs/communications/volunteers-in-prevention/ Alan N1AL On 2019-10-12 10:58, [email protected] wrote: > Wondering if this is true: > > https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit-demands-ham-radio-repeater-infrastructure-to-be-removed > > A friend sent me this. > > Len > > 73 > > KA7FTP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
