Ham Radio’s Role in Emergencies

1. 

   Mark Lassman says:

   September 27, 2014 at 11:40 AM

   What do they think will happen when the cell phones towers get knocked out
   of service by the killer quake? They think their phones will work all by
   themselves? Our radios… on the other hand… WILL. If the repeaters all
   go down, and they likely will, a lot of them, the individual radios will
   ALWAYS work.

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   silverdrumvideo says:

   September 27, 2014 at 10:46 AM

   I do hope that you at least explained to all of these kids that emergency
   communications is not the only thing that you can do in ham radio. There
   are a lot of other aspects to it; not just emergencies. Ham radio operators
   (specifically those here in the US) have access to at least 27 different
   amateur radio bands in the RF spectrum. We can also operate in different
   modes (voice, data, television, VoIP, Morse code, moonbounce, ham radio
   satellites, for example).

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3. 

   silverdrumvideo says:

   September 27, 2014 at 10:02 AM

   We don’t just exist for emergencies only. Some of us simply like to just
   chat with our friends on the bands. Some like to do ham radio contests on
   the weekends (not me, I’m not really into that sort of thing personally).

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4. 

   TagRation says:

   September 27, 2014 at 9:55 AM

   “he has a big antenna”

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5. 

   Mark Lassman says:

   September 27, 2014 at 9:53 AM

   I blame MTV, Nintendo, Sony and all of the video game manufacturers… Why
   talk on the radio to someone you don’t know when you can play “Halo” on
   your 50″ flat-screen TV with surround sound. I look at these kids (and
   people in their 20s, 30s, etc., staring at their stupid phones all the
   time… they know all about the latest video games but not a whole lot
   about the real world. When a real disaster hits, and it will, eventually,
   they’ll be unprepared.

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6. 

   Bernard Tremblay says:

   September 27, 2014 at 8:54 AM

   Maybe change the title …

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7. 

   Hooch says:

   September 27, 2014 at 8:01 AM

   Depressing but not unexpected – just go to any Ham radio store, fleamarket,
   rally or most Ham related videos on Youtube – what do you see ? – usually a
   bunch of obese old men drooling over their equipment and bitching about any
   other hams who don’t agree with them on something or other. Yeah – that
   really sets an example and role model that young people want to follow.

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8. 

   silverdrumvideo says:

   September 27, 2014 at 7:45 AM

   Those of you reading this who are not ham radio operators: imagine yourself
   being able to communicate with someone via radio (either on the other side
   of town or around the world), without having to rely on any infrastructure,
   and using less power than it takes to illuminate a light bulb… FOR FREE.
   No charge to use the airwaves. Just you, your radio, and the ionosphere.
   That’s it. So please, get licensed and join in. There is no age
   requirement; just a simple licensing exam. OK, I’m done. 🙂

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9. 

   Mark Lassman says:

   September 27, 2014 at 7:22 AM

   Not surprising at all. Hard to get these kids away from their video games
   and Facebook… most of these kids hardly ever put down their game
   controllers.

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10. 

    Florida Shooter says:

    September 27, 2014 at 6:39 AM

    Humans are the most intelligent animals…..? Well yahh

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11. 

    ThePauperPrepper says:

    September 27, 2014 at 6:28 AM

    Well done. I hope this gets some publicity. It really is rather depressing
    that todays youth have no knowledge of Amateur Radio (based on this video,
    of course this was a very small sampling but I would be willing to say that
    this would probably be the norm on a larger scale) Keep up the good work
    Ron KB3VEW

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12. 

    u3of52 says:

    September 27, 2014 at 6:10 AM

    You can help in emergencies, but there is a lot of fun things to do in Ham
    Radio. Like, just talking to other (hams / amateur) operators, talk to
    other places around the world, do digital communications, radio contest,
    take a hand-held radio and talk to other geocaching hams … Etc.

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13. 

    D4iZxBeatboxz says:

    September 27, 2014 at 5:34 AM

    Kb6kgx yeh as a teenager I know it’s hard to stop playing on facebook and
    games but yeh I love ham radio a whole lot more than that crap but yeh wish
    all kids think the same way

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14. 

    Bob Joel says:

    September 27, 2014 at 4:54 AM

    I agree im 15 and interested in HAM radio if i ask any of my friends about
    it they laugh….

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