Re:The Uncertain Future of Ham Radio
by treeman79 on Friday October 08, 2021 @07:41PM
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Was at a meeting and people need going on about mobile hams being the only form of communications for a couple of weeks for small towns hit by hurricanes in Florida This was just a few years ago.
Basically a dude in a minivan shows up. Puts up a 50 cable. And he is it.
Lots of stories about how someone needed insulin and he would end up connecting to a random HAm in New York, who would email the right people and a few hours later Insulin arrived.
Mostly it was about how to prep a vehicle to have a weeks water , power and other supplies.
Was super cool.
Basically a dude in a minivan shows up. Puts up a 50 cable. And he is it.
Lots of stories about how someone needed insulin and he would end up connecting to a random HAm in New York, who would email the right people and a few hours later Insulin arrived.
Mostly it was about how to prep a vehicle to have a weeks water , power and other supplies. Was super cool.