Subj : Re: No license operators
To   : Blue White
From : jimmylogan
Date : Fri May 24 2024 12:40 pm

-=> Blue White wrote to jimmylogan <=-

 >  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...

 BW> LOL, sure enough.  ;)  I was listening to the HAMS on my scanner to get
 BW> info about what was going on.

Very cool! What part of Kentucky? I'm just outside Dyersburg, TN and
can hit the repeaters in Union City - been trying to hit Cayce, Ky
just outside Hickman, but no one has responded...





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