Comments on: Emergency Communications Bill http://paulaoffutt.com/blog/archives/2006/07/30/em-comm-bill/ Ramblings of an Insane Lesbian Book Writing Crip Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: PaulaO http://paulaoffutt.com/blog/archives/2006/07/30/em-comm-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-8958 PaulaO Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:23:22 +0000 http://paulaoffutt.com/blog/archives/2006/07/30/1222/#comment-8958 By the time it becomes "law", if it hasn't already, the wording will have changed at least a thousand times. But yeah, there are problems with it. By the time it becomes "law", if it hasn't already, the wording will have changed at least a thousand times.

But yeah, there are problems with it.

]]> By: Blake--KI4QOX http://paulaoffutt.com/blog/archives/2006/07/30/em-comm-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-8957 Blake--KI4QOX Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:42:23 +0000 http://paulaoffutt.com/blog/archives/2006/07/30/1222/#comment-8957 Interesting, but can't they do better than just make us a group of advisors about the "survivability, sustainability, and interoperability" of local emergency communications? I'm not so sure that this verbiage says that we'll actually be able to communicate with emergency services such as police and fire. Also, according to FCC Part 97 rules, hams CANNOT have interoperability with police and fire, unless in a dire emergency, in which case you can use any means at your disposal to call for help. Interesting, but can't they do better than just make us a group of advisors about the "survivability, sustainability, and interoperability" of local emergency communications? I'm not so sure that this verbiage says that we'll actually be able to communicate with emergency services such as police and fire. Also, according to FCC Part 97 rules, hams CANNOT have interoperability with police and fire, unless in a dire emergency, in which case you can use any means at your disposal to call for help.

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