Remember....Amature Radio is a hobby. Professional, or Commercial orginizations view it as such, even though the individual with the opinion may himself be a ham. Sure, there is SkyWarn and the like, but I have seen an awful lot of misguided use of what the intended purpose was when used. A light shower can set some of these folks off into a frenzy.
The Hurricane Net on 40m down in Florida is very useful. Although the Control Operator has had a hard time keeping irrelavent traffic out of the net, it is more detailed in its information than any news source I've heard thus far. This is not a slam on Amature Radio by any means. I make my living in Commercial Two-Way. I simply seperate the two interests as a profession and a hobby. I can't put into practice a lot of un-tested theory when my customers are paying me for rock solid use. Hiram Maxim's two passions in life were radio and motorcycles. I don't believe there was a distinction between Amature and Professional back when his initial interests were born. I certainly could be wrong. Steve. --- "Mr. Edgar McKinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When there is an emergency in West Virginia and HAMs > are called upon to > fill in EMCOMM roles, All news agencies refuses to > acknowledge that. > Even Field Day dont get coverage or maybe a > paragraph on the commics > section. > > Ed - kb8qeu > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The news media in Atlanta has been quite active > in running stories on > > amateur radio during this hurricane season. Three > different stories > > have been done by three of our news stations. From > the Georgia Section > > Manager: "There've been three good TV spots about > amateur radio on the > > news in the > > Atlanta area in less than a one week span. ALEX > CARVER, KF4LVZ, of the > > GA Tech > > ARC, was interviewed by channel 11, (NBC) followed > by an interview the > > very next > > day on channel 5, (FOX) with another Tech club > member, DAVID ZISKIND, > > KE4QLH, > > capped by a spot on channel 46 (CBS) with SEC MIKE > BOATRIGHT, KO4WX, > > and MARK > > HOLMES, KJ4VO, of HRO. That's like hitting back to > back to back > > homers! (OK, > > ABC.....)" Thanks to those television stations and > hopefully we will > > continue to be recognized in the future. Chris > WilkieW1LKE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ > > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email > to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of > > Service. > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
