¿ªÔÆÌåÓýJardy, ? Excellent point. When I hike the mountains near my home, I can see the cell plus repeater towers and see Phoenix below. Yet cell coverage is spotty because the providers are beaming their energy off of the mountain, not to the mountain. Having an FT-60 for emergency communications could save the day as long as the repeaters do not have the same radiation pattern. ? By the way, quick rescue around here is absolutely critical. In the summer during the heat of the day, if a person runs out of water, they can be dead in 20 minutes. Happens far too often L ? Thanks, ? Rick ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 9:33 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] general question ? ? Search and Rescue and Emergency Communications; ? ?
? ? ? Jardy Dawson From: "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...> ? ? I have been around hams all of my life. Growing up, two houses down was a ham. My brother-in-law has been a ham since he was in high school so my wife actually picked up a lot of information from him. I studied analog circuit design and RF in college. So I understand some of the technical aspects of being a ham. ? What I do not fully understand is what motivates people to be hams. I know each person probably has a different reason from survivalist to helping out in an emergency to social. ? My immediate motivation is because some of my students are required to get their license in order to operate APRS during weather balloon flights ( ). It was getting embarrassing to tell them that I didn¡¯t have my license. ? So what makes you guys ¡°tick¡±? What got you interested in being a ham? ? I do hope my question does not offend anyone. That was not my intent. ? Thanks, ? Rick ? |
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