OT - Ham Radio Towers

[Eric Cope]

I've heard they are organizing with the ARRL. If interested in getting
involved, I can forward your contact info to the MCECG (Maricopa County
Emergency Communications Group) who is plugged into the effort...

Eric

<flame_war>Who is surprised that Glendale of all local municipalities is
starting this?</flame_war>

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Lyle Tuttle <l.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:

>  If I recall correctly, several of the members on this board a ham radio
> operators.
>
> If so, you might be interested in this info passed to me by a friend:
> ===================================
> I'm working with some ham radio operators who are very upset with proposed
> changes supported by The Glendale mayor and another Glendale official that
> will tie the hands of ham radio operators within the city of Glendale. The
> April 2010 staff report says these new regs aren't necessary.
>
> *However, someone has gotten new regs onto the June 2 city council agenda
> that Glendale ham operators must have specified retractable antennas that
> the guys can't even find on the marketplace.
>
> *I fully understand why people don't want an ugly 75' or more tower in
> their neighbors backyard even tho my neighbors had them in N. Phx and never
> offended me. I was always glad they were there.
>
> People needs to realize that when disaster strikes and communications
> systems ( phones, computers, electric, etc) go down, it is the ham operators
> that provide the emergency communications. I’ve also been with Kent on
> several cross country trips when those guys are communicating emergency
> messages, i.e. tornado & flood alerts, highway accidents etc to authorities
> where cell phones or CB’s don't work.
>
> If this Glendale idea spreads across Maricopa County, we are in deep
> CENSORED if terrorists knock out our normal communications systems. Take a
> look at the Midwest the past 2 days when communications systems were
> temporarily down after those tornadoes whipped out communities. It was the
> ham radio operators that filled that gap, but few people even know it.
>
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