in emergency situations the licensing doesnt apply anyone can transmit , from what i heard is that they are not funding it anymore but i could be wrong. everything they do in that state is ass backwards anyway
Yes basically if the repeaters are housed in Communications selters mounted to towers, or otherwise utilizing STATE owned (ie tax payer) property then they need to pay "rent" which if I'm not mistaken is already done
@JS Badger State would no longer allow them to operate repeaters on public land without paying substantial rental fees. In the letter sent by CAL FIRE, the state claims Ham operators no longer provide a benefit to the state or public safety. They claimed that “constantly changing technological advances” has made Ham radio obsolete during an emergency.
Now on a personal note.... Seriously hope that should there be another San Francisco earthquake or a Los Angeles tsunami that their systems fail and the state begs for "hams" to provide services "free of charge".
Interestingly enough, in Oregon(directly North of Commifornia) State and Federal agencies involved in emergency services are desperately trying to get HAMs even more involved than we already are. Our local CERT group is directly under the Sheriffs' Office. Over half of the local CERT group are Hams.
Ok, I couldn't see this ......Anyway, Things haven't changed much. Word is, the whole Tempest in a Teapot is that some local Ham groups were skating on the established way of doing things...Getting access to Towers without giving help to the .Gov folks in emergency situations.....That's not how HAM's roll, we help when we can, we get access to infrastructure to help with it......Anyway, that's what I heard.
We own a tower in Northern California the only tower left in state that is not completely digital. There are a few "renters" that use it and help maintain it. As far as I know state doesn't use only fed. my boyfriend took over business after his father passed. He could probably answer questions. His father used to own towers up and down coast out here.
State does not fund it. We own the llot on the ridge of foothills it sits on. federal agency pays to use tower and a few private renters. Emergency access would never be denied by us. There are other towers and satellite dishes near ours but they are on different lot owned by local tv and radio station. I believe cell towers are on the other lots too.
He is getting help with learning how to repair and has updated the solar there.
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Hams are still goung to ham though, just not "officially" for the state. Unless im missing something underlying....
in emergency situations the licensing doesnt apply anyone can transmit , from what i heard is that they are not funding it anymore but i could be wrong. everything they do in that state is ass backwards anyway
Yes basically if the repeaters are housed in Communications selters mounted to towers, or otherwise utilizing STATE owned (ie tax payer) property then they need to pay "rent" which if I'm not mistaken is already done
So it's basically a "dog n pony" show moment for the state, flexing its muscles...right. makes perfect sense *drip drip*....
@JS Badger State would no longer allow them to operate repeaters on public land without paying substantial rental fees. In the letter sent by CAL FIRE, the state claims Ham operators no longer provide a benefit to the state or public safety. They claimed that “constantly changing technological advances” has made Ham radio obsolete during an emergency.
https://offgridsurvival.com/california-officials-declare-ham-radio-no-longer-a-benefit/
Now on a personal note.... Seriously hope that should there be another San Francisco earthquake or a Los Angeles tsunami that their systems fail and the state begs for "hams" to provide services "free of charge".
Interestingly enough, in Oregon(directly North of Commifornia) State and Federal agencies involved in emergency services are desperately trying to get HAMs even more involved than we already are. Our local CERT group is directly under the Sheriffs' Office. Over half of the local CERT group are Hams.
Ok, I couldn't see this ......Anyway, Things haven't changed much. Word is, the whole Tempest in a Teapot is that some local Ham groups were skating on the established way of doing things...Getting access to Towers without giving help to the .Gov folks in emergency situations.....That's not how HAM's roll, we help when we can, we get access to infrastructure to help with it......Anyway, that's what I heard.
We own a tower in Northern California the only tower left in state that is not completely digital. There are a few "renters" that use it and help maintain it. As far as I know state doesn't use only fed. my boyfriend took over business after his father passed. He could probably answer questions. His father used to own towers up and down coast out here.
Soooo, Does he know anything beyond the speculation that has circulated so far?
State does not fund it. We own the llot on the ridge of foothills it sits on. federal agency pays to use tower and a few private renters. Emergency access would never be denied by us. There are other towers and satellite dishes near ours but they are on different lot owned by local tv and radio station. I believe cell towers are on the other lots too. He is getting help with learning how to repair and has updated the solar there.