[ham] [CW] EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

[KD5NWA]

You know what PETA stands for don't you?

People
Eat
Tasty
Animals

Sorry, couldn't resist.

At 03:06 PM 6/21/2003, N7DC@cs.com wrote:
>One of the rules of communications is that no matter what mode or speed, the
>users will fill it up.  In US Embassies, we went from CW, with 3 or 4 ops 
>full
>time, to teletype at 75 baud, and they filled one then two circuits all day
>long.  We went to 300 baud circuits, and they filled it.  We went to 1200, 
>and
>again couldn't keep up.  We went to 9.6, and finally, we had a breather. Then
>they cut the number of operators, and guess what?  Yep, same hours, more 
>work.
>  What you must insist on, during emergency operations, is that traffic must
>be operationally an EMERGENCY message.  Calls for medical help come before
>looking for some child's pet canary.  Sorry PETA, humans come first.
>
>
>
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Cecil
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