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Subject: [Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...
Highlights from a story in today's Wall
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Rob Locher wrote:
I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair. I was referred
to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for this issue.
He apologized for five minutes to me. (That was way more than I needed for
my own satisfaction.) He
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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:
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You must
Jason:
Re: The media is a joke. Amen.
Having worked for several highly visible Government agencies, I was always
amazed at media accounts of our activities. They were nothing like the real
story.
Thomas Jefferson once said that while he believed in freedom of the press,
he thought that the
: [Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...
But after re-reading the article, I think Mr.Screeden is referring to Ham
radio is all you got left when he is stating pretty close to nothing and
not being demeaning.
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Well, someone else said the quote was taken out of context, though
nobody has provided the context so I don't understand the basis for
that claim.
Furthermore, I spent several minutes searching for a retraction or apology
on the Motorola site and across the Internet and found no reference to
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, EricJ wrote:
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.
A well meaning member of the
: Re: [Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...
But after re-reading the article, I think Mr.Screeden is referring to Ham
radio is all you got left when he is stating pretty close to nothing and
not being demeaning.
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Well, CW or Phone, to the recipients of help it doesnt matter. So in that
light I would like to pass along the following URLs and also an article that
a ham from my former club sent to the clubs reflector. Hope you enjoy
these. The main page of the AARL site has a nice list of stories to
Guys, realize that Motorola is taking a lot of heat from this
article, especially from in-house hams. There are many. Ham radio has
been important to Motorola for many, many years. There are quite a
few hams at Motorola - a few years ago the list even included the CEO
(George Fisher).
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:12:47 -0700, Jack Brindle wrote:
So give Motorola a break.
No way. Hit them hard. If the in-house hams have sounded off and we
don't raise hell, they look bad. The Motorola comments were very
bad, and a strong reaction is in order.
Jim Brown K9YC
Then gripe at the writer who misquoted the guy. It is the press who
are creating a LOT of misinformation about what is (and has)
happening down there. This includes information about a Governor that
doesn't know what she is doing and a mayor who is committing criminal
acts and pointing
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