[NCham] Re: NCham digest, Vol 1 #45 - 1 msg

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 08:00:04 -0500

Be aware that taping certain transmissions and then 
divulging or providing them to others may be a
criminal violation (I believe this is true of MOST services
that are transmitting on SW unless specifically meant for
public consumption, or ham transmissions).   

Tread lightly here.

73
John 

At 04:01 AM 3/22/03 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
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>   1. Triangle media seek ham radio feedback on war (Gary Pearce KN4AQ)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:47:44 -0500
>To: Cary ARC <[email protected]>,
>	Central Carolina SKYWARN <[email protected]>,
>	KD4RAA Repeater Group <[email protected]>,
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>From: Gary Pearce KN4AQ <[email protected]>
>Subject: [NCham] Triangle media seek ham radio feedback on war
>Reply-To: [email protected]
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>Triangle area hams:
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>Area media would like to talk to any hams who have had first-hand contact - 
>talking or just listening - to any people or activity in the broader war 
>area via radio.  That would include listening to military communications 
>(but NOT anything sensitive), talking to hams in Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi 
>Arabia, etc., and perhaps listening to shortwave broadcasts.
>
>The goal is to add local perspective to the news... "Here's what a ham 
>radio operator in Raleigh learned while listening/talking..."  Not likely 
>we'll uncover any previously unreported activity, and that's not the 
>point.  The media (mostly the TV stations) have time to fill during 
>saturation news coverage, and they ARE THINKING OF US HAMS.  If we have 
>even a small story to tell, they have time for it now.
>
>I explained to the reporter who called me that the signals on the 
>frequencies in use there generally do not reach this area.  I have seen 
>some reports of people monitoring military aircraft where signals can be 
>heard here.
>
>Again, they do not want sensitive information, in the unlikely event that a 
>ham actually monitors something that Saddam didn't hear.
>
>IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING to offer, you can:
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>- call me at 380-9944 to discuss what to do.  (I will be in and out of 
>production sessions with clients today (Friday), so leave a message).
>
>- call a TV station directly (NBC-17 was the station that called me... 
>since they asked, maybe call them first, but do let me know).
>
>Make a tape recording if you can!!!  A tape is more interesting than a 
>description, but they'll want both.
>
>This request will be valid for the next day or three (say through the 
>weekend), obviously plus or minus actual events in the war.
>
>73,
>Gary KN4AQ
>NC Section PIC
>[email protected]
>919-380-9944
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