[KYHAM] RE: Digest, V 17, I 13, 2. Fw: House Resolution 230

chico rejones510 at adelphia.net
Sat Jun 25 00:27:24 EDT 2005


Oh great and wise ones,
 Food for thought on BPL in regards to "ammo" for the opposition there of.
Is there any way to search disasters looking for "lack of service" when a
major disaster happens, and how it affects the "almighty cell phone" usage,
and towers in general?
 I remember a short news spot on how the cell sites were over-loaded to the
point that they were about useless when flight 800 crashed in New York in
1996.
 What I'm getting at is, Can the amateur community be convincing enough to
prove
to congress (with overwhelming facts) that this might not be such a good
idea?
Showing past history incidences where amateur radio was the only way of
communication, Are there any solid records, I mean SOLID evidence to make
them
understand?
 I work at a fire department with an EOC. It has a couple hundred gallons of
propane for the emergency generator, that's great, but when that runs out,
and the roads are so torn up, or the demand for fuel is at its greatest, or
inaccessible for whatever the reason... You see where I'm going with this.
And I have only talked about cell phones/towers, well the electric towers
fall
into this category too... (pun intended or not...hmmmm)

WE ALL know that hams will come through as far as the comms go, but in the
mean
time, we will have to put up with the interference unless we can convince
them
otherwise.
Soapbox has been vacated, for the next person.
Thanks all for letting me rant about this.

73,
Richard "Chico" Jones
KD4GNX

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   2. Fw: House Resolution 230 (Ham40160 at wmconnect.com)

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION  (House Resolution 230)

Help do something about BPL, nationally.  Information on House
Resolution 230 can be found on the ARRL website at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/28/3/?nc=1



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