Mounted search and rescue

[Louis <trlrider2@trailriding-texas.us>]

These statements may again hold true for PA, but do not hold water in
the rest of the country.  In many areas of this country, relying on any
type of power hungry trunking system, whether is be conventional or
digital, is asking for disaster in itself!

As you are well aware, SAR/MSAR does not always in perfect conditions.
Parts of the country were Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquakes and other
natural and man made disasters occur, and the power grid can be taken
down in a instant, many of the systems you have mentions are useless!

Will address this more after work and VOAD meeting this evening! But,
700 mhz systems are severely limited in use and range, without a complex
network to back it up.  Same goes for 800/900 systems! IN real disaster
and emergency setup - simple is the answer!

Off to work,

Louis Upton

On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 00:37 -0400, IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN wrote:
> Most of the grandfathered community repeaters belonged to REACT teams
> that have gone the way of unfunded NGO’s or lost their sites to
> cellular, PCS, or news.
> 
> Several of the Amateur and REACT units were hung off the TV towers
> around here, until the TV stations needed the space for electronic
> news gathering.  Most commercial users switched to other UHF community
> repeater services or went to 800 MHz dispatch.  The rules changed
> over ......

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