tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post1481585527162552545..comments2024-03-28T05:17:55.293-04:00Comments on W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!: Another rant ..........QRP - When you care to send the very least!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08707602309223956112noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-15399409140863580602017-10-16T03:43:54.359-04:002017-10-16T03:43:54.359-04:00Attitudes to emergency comms is, though, a cultura...Attitudes to emergency comms is, though, a cultural thing. In the UK, there has been government direction to no longer bother with amateur radio due to perceived 'reductions in numbers and the ubiquity of the mobile phone service'. Try to introduce yourself to an official in the UK, and you will be politely or impolitely shown the door.<br /><br />Strangely, this morning, with the 'unprecedented' arrival of Hurricane Ophelia over the UK (which was, of course, seen as 'impossible' until now), the weather service is warning the mobile network may fail in some places. <br /><br />The emphasis on emcomms does appear a bit militaristic from this side of the pond. Perhaps it is best to be more educational. After all, the US suffers a lot of outages of services from hurricanes and general poor weather. So it shouldn't be too difficult to change attitudes, especially towards the 'infallibility' of the mobile phone/cell phone network.Photonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137649851898638015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-59702127148145652262017-10-14T22:05:04.522-04:002017-10-14T22:05:04.522-04:00Yep, well said Larry. This is exactly why our clu...Yep, well said Larry. This is exactly why our club is keeping our analog repeaters going....we don't trust the current digital infrastructure out there, too many things to go wrong and fail.<br />73, Bill VE3FIBlogmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610958641060401956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-7364431765981035822017-10-14T12:48:10.918-04:002017-10-14T12:48:10.918-04:00Well said,Larry. Those of us on Hawaii Island are ...Well said,Larry. Those of us on Hawaii Island are acquainted with the forces of nature, including earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes. Never assume that our digital communications infrastructure will survive anything these days. Our technology may be "old school", but it works.<br />Aloha, Russ Roberts (KH6JRM).Russell R. Roberts, Jr.https://bigislandarrlnews.comnoreply@blogger.com