Subj : Re: No license operators To : jimmylogan From : Blue White Date : Sun May 19 2024 08:38 am > BW> years back... well, 30 now, doesn't seem that long ago... we had > an > BW> unusually heavy snowstorm for this area. The authorities had to > turn > BW> to the local HAM community for assistance as other forms of > BW> communication were overwhelmed or not working. > > Are you in Kentucky by chance? When I was getting my ticket 8 years > ago a local radio guy (not a HAM, but works for the place that > services the police and sheriff as well as fire) was telling me > about an instance in Kentucky where the lines were broken and > they couldn't even talk to the capitol without the HAM guys... LOL, sure enough. ;) I was listening to the HAMS on my scanner to get info about what was going on. --- Talisman v0.53-dev (Linux/armv7l) * Origin: possumso.fsxnet.nz * telnet:24/ssh:2122/ftelnet:80 (21:4/134) .