[Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...

[EricJ]

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.

"The hams also get little respect from telecommunications-equipment
companies, such as Motorola Inc. "Something is better than nothing, that's
right," says Jim Screeden, who runs all of Motorola's repair teams in the
field for its emergency-response business. "But ham radios are pretty close
to nothing." Mr. Screeden says ham radios can take a long time to relay
messages and work essentially as "party lines," with multiple parties
talking at once. 

I think Mr. Screeden owes an apology for demeaning the hard work and
dedication of those hams who go unpaid and unreimbursed to help in this and
other disasters. Mr. Screeden should be ashamed, Motorola should be ashamed,
and this mean-spirited insult should not go unanswered.

You can contact the following person to let your views be known:

Media Center
Steve Gorecki
Motorola, Inc.
847-538-0368
steve.gorecki at motorola.com

I think the ARRL should demand a formal apology from Mr. Screeden and his
superiors at Motorola, but I think every amateur radio operator should
contact Mr. Gorecki and express your own thoughts.

Eric
KE6US 

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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: