[QCWA] National SOS Radio Network

[Harvey&Bessie]

ve6afo at rac.ca wrote:

> In reading an MRT Bulletin, there is an editorial by Glenn Bischoff  
> on the "National SOS Radio Network" in where amateur radio operators 
> could be put to good use by monitoring FRS Channel 1 for emergency 
> calls. It goes on to say that editor Glenn Bischoff contacted 
> Executive Vice President Dave Sumner, K1ZZ at ARRL to see if founder 
> Eric Knight had run this idea by the ARRL. Dave indicated this was the 
> first he had heard about this idea.
>
> For more info see:
>
> http://www.nationalsos.com/
>
> Ken Oelke - VE6AFO
>
> Probably more amateurs would monitor FRS frequencies if we knew what 
> frequencies they are using. Channel numbers are meaningless to most of us.

Harvey/W4TG