[Hallicrafters] My response to the BPL article

[Bruce Sugarberg]

Hello All,

Remember the recent blackout.  When the electric power shut off,
most or all of the cell phone "cells" went dead, and millions of
people could not use their cell phones until power was restored.

73, Bruce WA8TNC
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GARDGORE at aol.com wrote:
> In deciding what our argument should be against BPL and looking at it from 
> the perspective of the general public, why do they need ham radio for emergency 
> communications anymore with so many cell phones out there now? Would our 
> ability to help out in an emergency be a strong enough argument?
> 
> - Greg