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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by aosmith on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:54AM (#32033477)
Nobody cares in an emergency...
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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by iasay on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:15AM (#32033582)
Other than the legit licensed responders who now have to traffic manage a pile of morons with no operating experience.
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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by aosmith on Saturday July 09, 2022 @06:37AM (#32033705)
That's fair especially now.
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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by runnerup on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:25AM (#32033981)
You’re allowed to use any frequency in an actual emergency.
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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by iasay on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:32AM (#32034021)
No you can’t. You can only frequencies within the allocated spectrum for amateur radio. And it must be for the specific purpose of emergency comms. And that’s not universally true everywhere.
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Re:Best radios to use in an emergency (2021) by aosmith on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:15AM (#32116148)
My point wasn't a legal question, if it's life or death you do what you whatever you can to survive.
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