They want infrastructure that supports ham radio removed - thou shalt have no unofficial communications!
something seems up with that. ham radios were previously recommended equipment for first responders (being one for a brief while, i bought a ham radio transceiver). in santa clara county, a ham radio club maintained private party repeater might be located (for example) on mount umunum to permit ham radio communication between san jose and santa cruz for things like earthquakes, fires, nuclear attack and so on if conventional communications (land lines, cell towers, etc.) fail. this was after the northridge quake and i think even after the loma prieta quake. the most likely imho explanation is that the state officials want to monopolize information pathways as a means of establishing and maintaining control during large emergencies. i have experienced how this works firsthand, most recently in hawaii during the ballistic missile scare a couple of years ago (but also in other situations)— that is, sometimes, to put it politely, imho, the official system does not function as well as it should.
California Officials declare Ham Radio no longer a benefit; Demands Ham radio repeater infrastructure to be Removed
10/13/2019, 12:46:12 AM
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They want infrastructure that supports ham radio removed - thou shalt have no unofficial communications!
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That’s totally insane. Is it even legal for them to do that?
California Officials declare Ham Radio no longer a benefit; Demands Ham radio repeater infrastructure to be Removed
10/13/2019, 12:46:12 AM
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They want infrastructure that supports ham radio removed - thou shalt have no unofficial communications!
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That’s totally insane. Is it even legal for them to do that?
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Hmm, I am reading down the thread, and from comments it appears that Jim Hoft has overblown it, if the comments are correct.
Discussion linked in the article, HAM radio site, clears it up:
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