[Elecraft] Question for California Hams

[Alan Bloom]

It sounds like one guy's rant to me.  He refers to a letter supposedly
sent by CAL FIRE, but gives no reference to back up the claim. 

In Sonoma County, California we have a 146.13/73 repeater system at the
County site on Sonoma Mountain that has been there for years.  I'm a
member of the local ACS (Auxiliary Communications Service, basically
RACES) but I have heard nothing about any changes to the repeater
status. 

CAL FIRE's Volunteers In Prevention (VIP) program uses specially-trained
Amateur Radio operators to assist CAL FIRE's efforts during wildland
fires and other emergencies.  It's been many years since I was involved,
but the program is still going strong as far as I know: 

https://www.fire.ca.gov/programs/communications/volunteers-in-prevention/


Alan N1AL 

On 2019-10-12 10:58, len at ka7ftp.com wrote:

> Wondering if this is true:
> 
> https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/news-nation/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit-demands-ham-radio-repeater-infrastructure-to-be-removed
> 
> A friend sent me this.
> 
> Len
> 
> 73
> 
> KA7FTP