23 Jun
2010
23 Jun
'10
10:39 a.m.
On 6/22/10 3:29 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
The 2m and 440 bands were packed CHOCK FULL of emergency traffic
during Hurricane Charley, just FYI. I'm sure it was a drop in the
bucket compared to the stuff on the cop and fire bands, but finding a
chunk of unused spectrum during that mess was damn near impossible. I
only mention this because you weren't here and wouldn't have seen it.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Most people I
think understand amateur radio often picks up a lot of the slack in disaster
communications,
Well, not that much. The ARRL has stretched the importance of ham
radio in disaster situations pretty far. Yes, it is good PR, and yes,
having the ham radio bands as a backup is good, but in reality the
cops, military and firemen still use their own radios nearly all the
time, even in the most dire situations.