[Elecraft] 2M & 440, was: Elecraft Digest, Vol 112, Issue 30

[Bill Frantz]

I must disagree. These bands are the major bands for ARES/RACES 
emergency services. When I talk with South San Francisco Bay 
Area ARES/RACES leaders, they have no interest in HF or any 
other kind of long distance communication. Their interest is in 
connecting Red Cross shelters, hospitals, 911 centers and 
neighborhood emergency centers for emergency coordination. 
2M/440 are the bread and butter bands for this kind of communications.

While I personally think that long distance communication has an 
important place in emergency preparedness, I don't seem to get 
much headway when speaking to ARES/RACES leaders in my community.

I also use 2M quite a lot for communication with ham friends 
while rag chewing on local repeaters, car-to-car communication 
when caravaning, and wilderness trail communication.

I always try to remember that ham radio is a huge tent and there 
are many, many places to have fun.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV/1

On 8/19/13 at 12:23 PM, k6xr at icloud.com (Reginald J Mackey SR) wrote:

>2m/440 is a vast waste land......

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