[Hallicrafters] Re: Katrina. No Hams Allowed!?

[Al Parker]

Let's stop this now.  Please?  It's all conjecture, no backup by facts.
Nothing to do with Hallicrafters.
tnx,
Al, W8UT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Wilson" <b.e.wilson at usa.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Katrina. No Hams Allowed!?


> I think maybe there is a third option: Richard C. Hoagland reported it.
He's
> the one with pictures of a buried metropolis on Mars. Very little of
what
> Mr. Hoagland says proves to be credible.
>
> Bruce Wilson KF7K
> http://science.uvsc.edu/wilson
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "amfone" <amfone at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <Zengmeiste at aol.com>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Katrina. No Hams Allowed!?
>
>
> Sounds like two things going on to me..
> A) The local govt. refused help not the national
>         AND OR
> B) Law and order is needed first, with one command point.
> TIM
>
>
> Zengmeiste at aol.com wrote:
> (heard on Coast-to-Coast AM 890 Chicago 4-5 SEP 2005)
> (paraphrase)
>
> ....ham radio operators, who lent a massive communications assist during
> the 9/11 disaster, were apparently told to 'butt out' from rendering
same to
> the
> rescue / c & c et al folks working in and around New Orleans...
>
> HUH? OK, correct my thinking here, but...why would the government
> greet hams with open arms during 9/11 and then turn around and tell them
to
> take a hike THIS time? Doesn't make any sense to me.
> The FIRST thing you need is inforMAtion, right? No info => no action.
> Anyone out there an ARES member?
>
> Though many hams monitored critical frequencies being used during this
> crisis, they did not report encountering any sort of interference or
signal
> jamming.
> So...where did the (reported by FEMA personnel?) communications problems
> originate?
>
> If there WERE commo problems and the on-site folks rejected
assisatance...
> why the heck would they wanna DO that?
> If there were NOT problem(s)...why would they claim there were?
>
> This does not look kosher to me.
> Please comment, clear up my misconceptions, add your own knowledge.
Either
> on-list or off.
> And thank you very much.
>
> Terry Bakowski, no call yet, chagrined in Chicago
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