[FADCA] Interesting Reading

[Chuck Hast]

Folks,
If you do not get the paper version of Mobile Radio Technology you can
also read it on the web.

They had a very interesting article on our hurricanes and how well the
radio infrastructure weathered the storms.

Among other things NexTel took a big hit because they rely totally on
t1 and T3 links to their towers, whereas Verizon and Altel recovered rather
more rapidly due to the fact that the towers are linked using microwaves.

Also the LMR side of the house responded much more rapidly than any
of the commercial stuff in terms of getting back on the air.

http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_miracle/

The idea of having RF as primary (as it should be for amateur radio at
least) appears to be more than just a "ham thing" and as you all know
I like the wire line paths when there is nothing else there, but this article
drives home something that we have been discussing, wire vs rf, and if
we can get the RF up and linked, AND properly hardened then we have
a much better posibility of picking up and starting to pass traffic after the
disaster event. 


-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."