Subj : Re: Phone calls
To   : Hatton
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Nov 09 2020 09:44:00

 MM> Can you still make phone calls via ham radio in your car?

 Ha> You would need to check with the club or repeater trustee to see if
 Ha> their repeater(s) have active phone patch capability.  That said,
 Ha> I don't think I've heard of repeaters actively removing phone patch
 Ha> capability.

  I'd pull off to the side of the road to do it. 

  And, I did just that years ago in southwest Little Rock. I was
taking a friend to an appointment, when I saw something out of
the corner of my eye. It was a pickup truck, next to a gas station,
with the hood up...and it was on fire!!

  I thought "this could turn real bad in a hurry", so I pulled off,
activated the autopatch, and called 911. It took 4 rings before I
got an answer. I gave my name, told them I was a ham radio operator
(giving my callsign), telling them where I was, and what I saw.
They thanked me, and I disconnected from the autopatch. Thankfully,
there was a fire station about a mile west of there, and shortly
after that, I heard the siren. The truck was still blazing when
they got there, and they promptly put it out.

  They thanked me for calling it in, and I heard them tell the
owner "I wouldn't try to start that if I were you". :P

  No one was hurt, but that could've been a real bad situation
in a hurry.

Daryl, WX4QZ

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