?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.
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Will