[Elecraft] Dropping the Code Test

[Vic K2VCO]

EricJ wrote:
>  Come on, Vic. Where is a CW operator going to set up? Are they going to set
> up some place like the Superdome with all that pandemonium? Are they going
> to walk around operating HF with 10' poles sticking out of their back pocket
> like W0RW/PM? It just doesn't make sense when a ham on foot with a pocket
> sized HT on VHF communicating through a repeater or an on site dual band
> VHF/UHF mobile rig acting as a repeater can move fast, stay safe and get the
> message through using clear, clean FM. 

And if there are hundreds of people trying to tell their relatives that 
they're alive?  The operator will have to pass names, addresses, and 
phone numbers using phonetics (well, not the phone numbers).

> Hams were not allowed in early-on because the situation on the ground was
> just not safe even for rescue personnel. Angry people, violence, shoot-outs.
> How's an HF CW guy going to deal with that?

How does FM make it easier to deal with?

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco