[ICOM] ham radio industry

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Although the temperatures here were not as severe as they are
in Japan at the current time, I can tell you from personal
experience that you do NOT want to experience something of
that nature. Initial survival is all that you think about.
 
Next you realize that your entire neighborhood is GONE! Then
you start looking to see what you can do for your neighbors.
 
Then the help starts coming in (if you live in a place where
people step up immediately to help neighbors in need).

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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF, Ret (61-81) *
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> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:04:38 -0400
> From: rayswan at rochester.rr.com
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
> 
> I would burn my ham radio gear right now if I thought for a minute that it would heat those poor souls trying to keep their kids warm while sleeping under the stars in 0degree temperatures.
> 
> I'm a little embarrassed that we think of ourselves first when we have so much. Picture yourself for a minute standing on a roadway with rubble all around you and nothing but the clothes on your back. Were it me I'd be thinking about where I could find a place to hole up for the night and maybe something to eat. It's not just here, I see it on the news too. Sorry to take this tone with you all but we will get through the loss of our radio gear much easier then the victims will get through the loss of their homes tonight.
> 
> ray swan -NV2A
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> 
> ---- STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote: 
> 
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> Who cares? We all should. If the problems in Japan continue to get
> worse, we will see outages of parts that no one expected.
> 
> In an age of global interconnected systems, what affects one area
> of the world can have ripple effects upon others. Ten Tec and
> others may well experience parts shortages of some kind because
> of the situation in Japan.
> 
> --STeve Andre'
> wb8wsf en72