On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:12:05 -0500, Goody K3NG wrote: > Recently our county has been getting its act together in regards > to Emcomm, so we've been doing drills and educational programs at > meetings. As an amateur, you need to be prepared to communicate > on non-ham frequencies, like FRS or CB. Sometimes in a disaster > situation you may need to communicate with non-hams who are only > equipped with FRS or CB. One prime example of this in a drill we > did was a trucker coming in to deliver supplies to a shelter. We > needed to "talk in" the driver to the shelter over CB.
And what excuse are you going to rely on if the FCC declares that the "out-of-band" communication did not meet the very specific and narrow "window" permitting "any frequency, any power"? When I was on the FCC enforcement staff I served on several investigations of such situations, and although you may feel that given the same facts there was no other choice, none of the "out-of-band" situations was found to meet the requirements. The answer to the "CB/FRS" problem? Use the proper radios. All of our comm centers and EOCs have them - they are very cheap. Plan ahead. It's your license on the line, as well as seizure and forfeiture of your radio equipment. 'Nuff said. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 ARRL Volunteer Counsel Member, Washington County, OR Emergency Communications Team for ARES/RACES and HEARTNET _______________________________________________ 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
