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

Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:31:28 -0700

Far better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Lee
--
Lee Levine
Phoenix, Az

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swells
      and fades over the surface of the earth, collecting in
concentrated
      pools here and there, almost disappearing from other spots,
leaving
      them parched for wonder.  There are also those who believe that if
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 13:21
Subject: Re: [PHX-Skywarn] Re: [WX7PHX] New SKYWARN radio

> At 12:41 PM 6/18/2003, [email protected] wrote:
> >Thank you for this information Stan, I appreciate it.
> >
> >Lee
>
> I meant to stay out of this thread, but I need to throw in a caution.
>
> I seriously doubt that the FCC would consider Skywarn operation to be
> automatically an emergency [with imminent threat to life or property,
and
> with no other communications means available). If it was, you wouldn't
even
> need a ham license to operate on Skywarn! The emergency clause allows
> ANYONE to operate on ANY frequency.
>
> We have had to deal with this on the Hurricane Watch Net when non-ham
> military operators and other government agencies come up on our
frequency.
> The same issue applies: hams can't talk to non-hams on ham frequencies
> without an emergency. We generally discourage them unless we feel they
are
> in a good position to judge the need for communications (such as when
a
> British destroyer needed contact with the Cayman Islands after Gilbert
in
> order to send in their first evaluation chopper - there may very well
have
> been people in need of emergency medical assistance). Likewise I once
send
> a Mayday on 121.5 when I was not involved in aircraft operations, but
my
> life was in imminent danger at the time.
>
> A rule of thumb that might work... if the situation is so dire that
you
> really don't care about your license or FCC enforcement actions, then
it is
> probably a genuine emergency. Otherwise, it probably isn't!
>
> BUT... the issue is moot anyway. Unless there is something going on
that
> the powers that be haven't mentioned here, there is IMHO no
conceivable
> reason that Skywarn would need HF in Phoenix, so techs/tech+'s have
nothing
> to fear. That doesn't mean we can't *have* it - but we hardly need it!
>
> John
>
>
> John Moore
>
> Try my blog: http://www.tinyvital.com/blog/
>
> http://www.tinyvital.com/personal.html
>
>
>
> UNITED WE STAND
>
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