Subj : Re: HAM on MSNBC
To   : Finnigann
From : W8ZZU
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 12:23 am

  Re: Re: HAM on MSNBC
  By: Finnigann to Angus McLeod on Wed Sep 07 2005 03:17 pm

 >  > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9228945/
 >  >
 >  > Now this is fair and balanced.
 > 
 >  AM> Nothing new or unusual here.  Hams provide emergency comms. during
 >  AM> disasters every time a hurricane passes through this area, and they've
 >  AM> been doing it for *ever*.
 > 
 >  AM> Which is why the governments around the world can't wait to take away
 >  AM> their frequency allocations and sell them to broadcasters, cellphone
 >  AM> makers, and the wireless network people...  :-/
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > And, for the first time, the federal government will help hams help others. 
 > Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will provide a $100,00
 > grant supplement to ARRL to support its emergency communication operators in
 > states affected by Hurricane Katrina. The grant will help to fund what is be
 > termed “Ham Aid,” a new program to support amateur radio volunteers deployed
 > the field in disaster-stricken areas.

Too bad, the ARRL is a right wing joke..

Jason - Whiskey Eight Zulu Zulu Uniform




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