Subj : Re: Radio Controlled Foru
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Fri Aug 20 2021 09:34:00

-=> DARYL STOUT wrote to MIKE DIPPEL <=-

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

AGREED! During a recent bad weather bought I tried to sign in to
a weather net to pass some info. Turns out the repeater had changed
their PL Tone and I had missed it. I went to another local repeater
and tried to get the info. No one answered (no real shock there -
local traffic is few and far between) but within a minute or so
someone on the other repeater gave the new PL Tone, but had a 'tone'
in their voice like they didn't want to be bothered. I thought, "well,
guess they don't need my input." 

I've turned the radio on twice since, and nothing - dead air, no 
call backs, etc. Next time I'm in my truck in Memphis or Nashville
or Indy, though, there'll be plenty to talk to. :-)

 DS> towers, etc. Basically, my ham radio license isn't "just a sheet
 DS> of paper". When I mentioned that at an area hamfest 2 years ago
 DS> (the last one held in Arkansas before COVID-19 restrictions were
 DS> implemented), while doing a forum, I got a standing ovation. :)

NICE!




.... Daddy, what does FORMATTING DRIVE C MEAN?
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