[NLRS] Question on use of 144.200

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 22:44 -0500, Ford Peterson wrote:
> 
> Donn wrote:
> 
> > 1) The "need" for reserving 144.200 as an Emergency Calling channel does
> > not exist.  ...snip...
> 
> > Besides, you could call your heart out on .52 during a contest (or any other time,
> > for that matter), and no one would hear you.  Obviously, the best thing to do is
> > to use the Repeater!!  
> 
> Let's face it, in a local emergency, make that a cell phone and use 911.
> 
> ...snip...
> 
> Ford-N0FP
> ford at cmgate.com

That works until the cell phones all try it at once and all the cell
phone batteries on the emergency site run out of battery. Or as on 9/11
all the cell phone towers went down. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE!


-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ,
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