You're right. When there's a disaster a lot of times the cell phones do not work. We saw this with Hurricane Katrina.
Cell phones have their place but give me a radio in an emergency.
Also, people rely on the Internet too much. We need to remember HF AND 2-METERS IN AN EMERGENCY.
Colleen Roth
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Deatherage <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: 2009/02/04 15:37:47
Subject: Re: todays advancements
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> Hello,
> One thing I point out to people when they talk about cell phones. when
> there is a desaster, it is easier to put up an antenna in a tree or some
> place like that than to irrect a cell tower.
> Bill Deatherage