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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 2628942" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Very true, and depending on the situation, in a true emergency it might be totally legal for him to transmit and he most likely would receive true help from hams that could help if he had a true emergency. It all depends on the situation. Like all hobbies, there are a few that might also park a quarter mile away and make sure his radios were inoperable the next time he tried to use them, not hard to do with common equipment many of us have. Many hams have a serious mission to not let Ham radio go the way of CB radio. There are all kinds of people with different opinions everywhere, ya know.</p><p></p><p>This was my reason for giving fankos72 the broad answer he asked for and options for avoiding ANY problems and possibly being able to have a better chance of getting help if possible. A total expendature of less than $150 and a few hours studying would give him aditional options with a license and a radio if he is close to a metro area, usually no more than $100 additional if he is 20 miles or more out. With each of these he can also be mobile if desired. Most of us spend more than that on practice ammo and many other "what if" items frequently.</p><p></p><p>Also, he and his family might have fun with this as a hobby in between disasters, rather than just something sitting in the closet with dead batteries and trying to figure out how to use it if it were needed. Just my opinion. </p><p></p><p>During an ice storm a few years back I had no home phone or internet for 7 days, no cell phone for 4 days, but I had immediate contact using my boat battery in my garage with 50 to 100 ham radio friends that would have been happy to make a 911 or even a personal call to pass a message for me. Never needed it, but it was nice to know it was there. I would not even needed to walk out to my truck on the ice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 2628942, member: 24583"] Very true, and depending on the situation, in a true emergency it might be totally legal for him to transmit and he most likely would receive true help from hams that could help if he had a true emergency. It all depends on the situation. Like all hobbies, there are a few that might also park a quarter mile away and make sure his radios were inoperable the next time he tried to use them, not hard to do with common equipment many of us have. Many hams have a serious mission to not let Ham radio go the way of CB radio. There are all kinds of people with different opinions everywhere, ya know. This was my reason for giving fankos72 the broad answer he asked for and options for avoiding ANY problems and possibly being able to have a better chance of getting help if possible. A total expendature of less than $150 and a few hours studying would give him aditional options with a license and a radio if he is close to a metro area, usually no more than $100 additional if he is 20 miles or more out. With each of these he can also be mobile if desired. Most of us spend more than that on practice ammo and many other "what if" items frequently. Also, he and his family might have fun with this as a hobby in between disasters, rather than just something sitting in the closet with dead batteries and trying to figure out how to use it if it were needed. Just my opinion. During an ice storm a few years back I had no home phone or internet for 7 days, no cell phone for 4 days, but I had immediate contact using my boat battery in my garage with 50 to 100 ham radio friends that would have been happy to make a 911 or even a personal call to pass a message for me. Never needed it, but it was nice to know it was there. I would not even needed to walk out to my truck on the ice. [/QUOTE]
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