 n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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| reply to jniamehr
Re: so? said by jniamehr:
Look, theres a point in time we have to stop caring about HAMs and worry about the future of this country
Forgetting the HAM's for a moment, of which I am one, there is still going to be a problem with the other users of the RF spectrum. If they were to roll out BPL here where I am located (highly doubtful since DSL and Cable have the area well covered), then we could certainly kiss our countywide fire dispatch goodbye on 46MHz. I for one would rather have the certainty that the fire personnel have reliable radio communications than BPL. The idea that an EMT's pager does not go off because he happens to be near a power line is unconscionable. Of course the county could spend several million taxpayer dollars to roll out new UHF base transmitters, pagers, HT's and mobile radios to all of the apparatus so that the power company could then have their fun with this technology. Personally I think there are better things for them to use the money on at this time. |
