[QCWA] National SOS Radio Network

[Walter Maxwell]

I don't believe I'm either blind or deaf, but I have never heard of the MRT
Bulletin, the National SOS Network, or the 'FRS'. And I suspect a lot of other
hams haven't heard of them either.

Would someone please enlighten us?

Walt, W2DU


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey&Bessie" <w4tg at bellsouth.net>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] National SOS Radio Network


> 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
>
>
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