[GVARC] Somebody Oughta: Amber alert System

[Pat Barthelow]

Folks,

The Amber alert system has really proved effective, Apparently saving lives 
weeks after its deployment.  Somebody, perhaps the ARRL, should organize a 
few bright bulbs to develop an interface between the AMBER alert system and 
ham radio repeaters.  This would deploy tens of thousands of more eyes on 
the road, to be on the lookout for kidnapped children, or whatever the 
target of the Amber Alert was. Expand the use to Homeland Defense....If the 
FBI or other Homeland Defense Agencies spot or know of terrorists in a given 
area, they could use the AMBER system to alert appropriate regions, and 
quickly put many eyes on the alert.   If the ARRL became an organization 
assigned to be 'hub' for information to distribute, and had an email list of 
ARRL members, or non members who were hams, they could email text files, or 
even voice announcements to them. Especially if regionally indexed by zip 
codes.  Repeater owners could build an interface to the Web, if the repeater 
was connected to the web, say for Echolink operations,  that connection, and 
perhaps even the Echolink system, could be used to rapidly distribute AMBER, 
or similar announcements.

What say, guys?

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