Yes, it is. They got wind that patriots would use repeaters and are attempting to shut them down through land rent fees.
As a General license holder myself, this is absolutely retarded. There are so many HAMs that take FEMA classes and get certified in case of a disaster in order to save lives that FEMA is too incompetent to save.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Just imagine if Hillary had won. Many of the crazy proposals we see today would be in place, accelerated, accompanied by even worse ideas, and fully backed by the all branches of government. We’d be driving 100 mph off a cliff.
The Left had it’s game plan. 8 years of Obama to get things ready, then Hillary in the White House to totally gut the country.
They are still trying to execute to that plan. Let’s see how it goes for them.
Art Bell and Wayne Green are both rolling over in their graves...
Obviously they’ve bought their own line of crap that shortwave is the province of white supremacist militia-types.
The left wants to eliminate any type public mass communication that it can't control entirely.
Most cell towers require direct electricity connections with very short backup battery time. Those that have back up generators are constantly having the diesel stolen from their tanks.
IIRC,at one time there was a canyon in Ventura county where the fire department radios didn’t work. A ham would go along to provide comms.
How will deep state coup plotters send emails & messages without being detecTed by NSA? Nellie Ohr is sad.
Another thing Trump needs to nationalize or something. Maybe an EO can help this.
Nellie Ohr (KM4UDZ) thinks ham radio is a viable option for secure communication.
The clock is ticking
The slinky antenna is cool, But how would you measure it to trim for wave length?
Ping.
Bottom line.
Tin foil hat says: what are they planning to do that they don't want Ham radio broadcasting?
The peoples’ republic of california is shutting it down because it can’t control it. Ham radio is self-monitored and self-policed. Hams do not cause any trouble!
In typical leftist fashion, when there’s something that functions well, but they can’t control, they destroy it.
Or is it because it might be offensive to m*slims to hear the word “ham” all the time?
Cal Fire cannot be speaking for all of emcomm. Moot argument due to federal preemption, they just want tower rent money.
Seems that California just can’t stop proving just how incompetent and arrogant they can truly be. Just one more action in a long line of them that is leading to the destruction and ruin of the state and of the US by the hard left socialists. California voters getting the kind of government they keep voting in.
I always suspect these things have to do with the Left’s desire to control all means of communication.
Funny, last night on Young Sheldon he coded a message in Morse Code.