Subj : Re: Radio Controlled Forum
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Tue Jul 20 2021 12:34:16

On 7/20/2021 7:37 AM, Daryl Stout wrote to Mike Dippel:

->   I don't get on the air that much locally. The last several
-> years, I'd be constantly interfered with, even if just passing
-> routine traffic. There are several clubs in the central Arkansas
-> area, but for years, there's petty bickering between each other,
-> especially on "who does the better job during Skywarn Severe
-> Weather". To me, in an emergency (i.e. a tornado outbreak, and
-> we've had some of those in the region, such as on Jan. 21, 1999,
-> with 56 tornadoes, most of those in just 6 hours), you need to
-> drop all club affiliations, etc., and work toward passing traffic
-> to aid in disaster recovery.

I'm just 20 miles south of Tampa, and my understanding is that they get a LOT of 
lightning strikes.  When Del Webb was planning out community, the study showed that it 
doesn't generally rain that much here so he called it Sun City Center.  He was wrong!

We have a volunteer Emergency Squad, and they can provide us with a 2-way radio for 
$15.00 in case of emergencies.  That is the closest I will ever get to HAM, although we 
do have a Ham Radio club in our community.  We are going to purchase the radio soon.  
It would be a great thing to have, as well as the battery-operated radio which we 
already have.

I can see why you are so into HAM, living where you do.  Have you had to use it for 
emergencies?  I guess the answer would be a resounding YES.

Mike Dippel
 
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