[amsat-bb] Re: 70cm yagi

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 12:26 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote:

> Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are
> protecting. I mean, does your local police department and city works
> comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course
> not. Why should your department think "amateur radio installations"
> deserve anything less?

If they are wanting "mission-critical" emergency comms, then they should
be staying off the amateur bands and using the frequencies assigned to
them and equipment approved for the task.

Gordon MM0YEQ