[CW] Katrina emergency nets

[Ken Burrows]

I believe it is an over all attitude and advance in technology that is
pushing amateur radio to the background...

The ideal system for emergency comms is available via satellite systems, no
towers, no fixed station infrasture and less
skilled operators needed.

All that is needed is an RV type vehicle with a  2 way satellite dish such
as the Datastorm system, you can interface with the
internet and the mode would be e-mailing, this gives a hard copy at fast
speed and needs little training as most people nowadays
are familar with e-mailing..
The vehicle is self contained for food, cooking, power and sleeping area.

Power should be a small diesel generator as well as solar panels...

You could throw in an HF rig as well as 2 meters for occasional backup or
working portable handhelds...

Many rv ers are already set up this way..

Cw I cant imagine why it would be used but could if need be, people could
use it if they wanted to...

73

VE1DS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv at hotmail.com>
To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 2:00 PM
Subject: [CW] Katrina emergency nets


>
> I looked over a published list of all emergency traffic nets that were
> supposed to be operating right after the storm, during the declared
> emergency. There were about a dozen frequencies listed, all in the 75, 40
> and 20m bands.
>
> Every one was identified as SSB, operating inside the phone bands.  There
> was not a single cw net on the list.
>
> Does that mean there was no storm emergency activity on cw?
>
> I tuned across 80m a couple of times and heard nothing.
>
> It doesn't seem that long ago that cw was used for the bulk of emergency
> traffic because it was more accurate and efficient than voice.
>
> I am wondering if that is a reflection on cw as a mode, or on the
relevance
> of amateur radio emergency communications today.
>
> Don k4kyv
>
>
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