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Re:Maine County Deploys Wide-Area Emergency Public Radio Ser... by mrguyorama on Friday December 13, 2019 @04:31PM (#21785721)
Weird, I wonder why they chose to build this? Is this sort of an "end of the world" style system, where it's assumed cell phones, internet, and other forms of communication are already failing?

Here in Maine we already use AM radio (I think 1600 or so?) to broadcast short range info about situations that occur on the interstate, using the mentioned Travelers Information System. Next time I'm in my car I should verify I can receive AM radio signals

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Re:Maine County Deploys Wide-Area Emergency Public Radio Ser... by wglb on Friday December 13, 2019 @07:20PM (#21786890)
There are non-end-of-the-world scenarios in which this is useful. For example, during the California wildfires, landline and cell service was down. During the Chicago Marathon, the crowding was so great that cellular service in downtown was very spotty, and they needed Ham Radio to carry on medical emergency communications.
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