Geoff --


"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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"Gerald" wrote in
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Worthy of note --- not much of
that communications technology did anyone much good around ground zero
on 9-11 of the hurricanes in Florida last year, or ... pick your
disaster. Cell phone service was pretty much crippled on the east
coast (entire country???) on 9-11. Ham radio kept on ticking...

[Lots of clipping from the above post]

So what did morse code have to do with the above?

Absolutly nothing. Just a litttle "pro ham radio" note.

How much of the
communication during the hurricane(s) was code vs voice? I can guess that
it was probably close to 100% voice. I would also point out that cell
service was disrupted in the immediate area around the 911 disaster, but
the rest of the country wasn't effected, other than perhaps overloaded
circuits.

And the differnece bwtween overloaded circuits and any other disruption
when you need to get a call through and cann't is......?

Q: How did the reports from the hijacked plane that crashed into
the field come in? A: Cell phones.

And your point is??????

I think we are loosing some sense of where this thread came from and is
about.

-- Geoff