[PHX-Skywarn] Re: [WX7PHX] New SKYWARN radio

[phx-skywarn@mailman.qth.net]

In looking over my original post regarding the new SkyWarn radio,
which may be found below, I see nothing in it about any intent to
operate outside my license privleges under *NORMAL* circumstances
or any implication that my participation in MARS should give me any
right to operate on the HF ham bands.

What it does ask is what should we do in case we needed to switch to
HF during an emergency. The part about my being a MARS operater has
nothing to do with SkyWarn but rather I mention it as being a reason for
having an HF rig with a no-code license.

So why am I getting a diatribe on this list about illegal operation on
HF?
I know full well what my priveliges are and I don't need someone I don't
know telling me what I'm supposed to do.

The only reply I need to see is from Steve or Allen is what we should do
in the unlikely event that we should need to switch to HF.

I don't need noise about illegal operation of radios which is
information
I have know since before I was licensed.

Lee Levine
Phoenix, Az.


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Got a question about using HF for SkyWarn.
I and a few other spotters are No-Code Technicians.
If we needed to switch to say 40 Meters for our net would we be able to
transmit on HF
or would that be only during a storm?  As a MARS operator, I have a rig
that does HF
though I can only operate on MARS frequencies during traffic nets.

I seem to recall that in an emergency we're supposed to be able to
transmit on any necessary
ham frequency and any storm that would force us to switch to HF would be
rather severe an
thereby create an emergency.  Not that HF is all that great during a
thunderstorm.

Lee MAA-064
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Lee Levine
Phoenix, Az