I have had my radio license for fifty years.
For many years, comercial radio networks have fought to keep down the numbers of frequencies allowed to “ham radio,” which means radio amateurs.
One of their arguments is that amateurs shouldn’t be using frequencies, just as private citizens shouldn’t have guns.
In the Florida hurricane right now, you will hear from time “amateur radio networks report…” As in every emergency, the hams have set up a network and they can communicate with a home generator and nothing else.
The media don’t like to talk about ham radio operators in emergencies, just as they don’t like to talk about how private gun owners stop looting in more cases than you could count.
But they’re all over the country, backing up the ones in Florida. The ARRL is the ham organization, and they can give you plenty of examples of what I am talking about on what ham radio does in emergencies.
My rig’s not up, but I’m still helping out a little.
See you later.
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