IP: Ham radios in the aftermath of 11 September 2001: [risks] Risks Digest 21.68

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:25:10 +1000
> From: Richard Murnane <RichardM () AttacheSoftware com>
> Subject: Ham radios in the aftermath of 11 September 2001
>
> As others have noted, the terrorist attacks of 11th September caused major
> disruption to land-line and cellular phone communications. What hasn't been
> widely reported is that 570 Amateur (ham) Radio operators from 35 states and
> two Canadian provinces provided auxiliary radio communications to relief
> agencies operating in the affected areas.
>
> The lesson is that even the most modern communications technology can fail,
> and that there is still value in having an independent communications
> infrastructure, especially when it costs the community little or nothing to
> maintain it.
>
> Richard Murnane, Australian Amateur Radio station VK2SKY



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