[137956] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Christchurch New Zealand
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Thu Feb 24 11:26:38 2011
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:26:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mikea" <mikea@mikea.ath.cx>
> I diffidently suggest that amateur radio licensing, together with some
> battery-operated gear (think 2-meter or 70-cm handy-talkies at a minimum
> for short-haul comms, HF gear for longer-haul) may be Very Good Indeed
> in a disaster that takes down POTS service or government emergency
> communications. Folks interested in this might want to investigate
> ARES and/or RACES in the US, or similar activities in other countries.
Diffident, hell. When did we get diffident? :-)
We use "When All Else Fails" as a slogan for Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications for a reason...
The *real* problem is getting petty politics out of local ARES/RACES orgs.
Cheers,
-- jra
