[arrl-odv:20347] What journalists think of ham radio
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/the-world-is-ending-ple ase-update-the-home-page/ "Let's say, just for giggles, that the world was ending." How would it be reported? "Ham radio was deemed to be the more durable and rugged platform...." If you follow the link to Andrew Fitzergerald's notes you'll find the following: "All in all, reporting the end of the world turned out to be great fun to imagine. I would advise every journalist out there to put together an emergency pack in your house. And probably learn ham radio." Dave
Fun article. But imagine 75 meters populated be journalists... Yikes! Sent from Gary's iPhone 4s. On Dec 6, 2011, at 3:41 PM, "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner@arrl.org> wrote:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/the-world-is-ending-please-...
“Let’s say, just for giggles, that the world was ending.” How would it be reported?
“Ham radio was deemed to be the more durable and rugged platform….”
If you follow the link to Andrew Fitzergerald’s notes you’ll find the following: “All in all, reporting the end of the world turned out to be great fun to imagine. I would advise every journalist out there to put together an emergency pack in your house. And probably learn ham radio.”
Dave
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