Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:




And on 9/9/2005 1:17 PM - Lennieboy posted:

Thousands and thousands of volunteers and paid workers are very
busy at the moment, doing many things of DIRECT AID to the
homeless and displaced, all WITHOUT any direct "need" to do radio
communications about "health and welfare messages." That's
important work. MOST (very nearly all) of that work can be done
WITHOUT a lot of radio communications. Coordination of effort
does require communications of some kind, but the "coordination"
of ALL agencies, paid and volunteer, were simply NOT prepared to
deal with the magnitude of damage and destruction that happened.
That includes amateur radio, folks, whether it smarts your little
egos or not. Did anyone really think that a few dozen hams
could really make a "difference" by sending health and welfare
messages from millions to other millions? No doubt the self-
proclaimed amateur patriots far from the disaster scene were
happy as larks to see the tiniest factoid of their Great Help
to the victims of hurricane Katrina. They have waved their
banners, cheered as loudly (and abusively) as possible, pinned
invisible medals of valor to their equally invisible uniforms
of service they wear in the newsgroups.


NBC......

http://tinyurl.com/b2ffr


With communications out all over New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the
professionals are turning to amateurs to be their ears to what's going
on in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Local operators say they've been in touch with people in and around New
Orleans since the beginning of the ordeal.

Ed McLaughlin, of Kennewick, says in the days that followed the
disaster, he was able to help a family in Medford, Ore., get an update
on how their relatives were. He's provided similar contact for a family
in Chicago.

The reason-- *ham radio, which is able to get in places that have no
other means for communication when land-based infrastructure fails*.

"Ham radio has been such a success during these recent days that FEMA
and the Red Cross are now using it as their primary mode for
communication until other modes of communication are restored."

Yeah, too bad ham radio can only play a very minor roll in emergency
communications. Notice the words *primary mode for communications* in
the above lennieboy.

Remember that Mr. Anderson has what I would term a very antagonistic
attitude toward Amateur radio. When such is the case, a person often
does a lot of filtering of the input they receive.

Ham radio has proven once again just how valuable it can provide and is
at this very moment providing *vital* communications in times of
emergencies, much to the complete dismay of a few individuals here.

They are serving not only a H&W service, but indeed mush of the primary
service right now. Ham Haters simply have to deal with that.

And perhaps the question goes begging, of what value is this H&W
communications?

Ask the person(s) on either end of the "value" of a message that their
loved ones are safe, or at least still alive? What value is comms to get
food and or medicine where it is needed?

Perhaps the people affected by this "minor" H&W, and now primary
communications service might give a more relevant and accurate answer
than some people in a newsgroup who have an anti-ham agenda.

I'm sure we'll hear otherwise..... 8^)

- mike KB3EIA -

Michael Coslo wrote:
Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:


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Yeah, too bad ham radio can only play a very minor roll in emergency
communications. Notice the words *primary mode for communications* in
the above lennieboy.

Remember that Mr. Anderson has what I would term a very antagonistic
attitude toward Amateur radio. When such is the case, a person often
does a lot of filtering of the input they receive.

Ham radio has proven once again just how valuable it can provide and is
at this very moment providing *vital* communications in times of
emergencies, much to the complete dismay of a few individuals here.

They are serving not only a H&W service, but indeed mush of the primary
service right now. Ham Haters simply have to deal with that.

And perhaps the question goes begging, of what value is this H&W
communications?

they are valueble but of less importance than say signals (that are
carried in some areas by ham radio some not) reporting the condictions
of various levies

Ask the person(s) on either end of the "value" of a message that their
loved ones are safe, or at least still alive? What value is comms to get
food and or medicine where it is needed?

Perhaps the people affected by this "minor" H&W, and now primary
communications service might give a more relevant and accurate answer
than some people in a newsgroup who have an anti-ham agenda.


more relavant? no More acurate no, neither are they less accurate or
less relavant they would be different, with a different focus

I'm sure we'll hear otherwise..... 8^)

because you have already decided what you will hear

- mike KB3EIA -