[PPRAANet] Did California "fire" ham radio emergency support?

[John Bloodgood]

By now, many of you may have heard about a controversy claiming the state of California "fired" ham radio emergency support.

There is a lot more to the story than the initial social media and email rants let on.  If you want to hear a good analysis of the situation, check out https://www.hamradionow.tv/episodes/2019/10/4/hrn-414-this-is-no-such-thing-as-free-rack-space .

The bottom line, though, is that no one fired anyone and California is not kicking amateur radio operators out.

If you see social media posts or get emails about this or claiming that California did this, please do not share or forward them. Point the person who posted or sent the information to the episode in the link above and tell them to listen to it.







John Bloodgood, KD0SFY
Emergency Coordinator & Public Information Officer
Region 2 District 2, Colorado ARES (Pikes Peak ARES)
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