As others have pointed out, the SLO thing was a hoax. But both the FCC and the folks in San Luis Obispo county are taking it quite seriously. They have issued a press release that makes it clear how important and welcome hams are to their county.
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/04/09/10763/?nc=1 ...and this one is definitely not a hoax, even if you do read it on the internet. -Jack Brindle, W6FB ======================================================================= On Apr 10, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Howard K2HK wrote: > > Message: 21 > From: Jeff Kinzli N6GQ j...@n6gq.com > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft's website down? I keep getting > > I'm in Santa Cruz, and things like telephones (landlines), cell > phones, and DSL is down for a lot of people. Even 911 service (!). > > Sigh. So much for redundancy on the part of the backbone providers, > eh? > > Jeff N6GQ > > I guess the Supervisors in San Luis Obispo should be made aware of > this due to their restricions against amateur transmitters. > > > > Howard..K2HK > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html