[OZAPRS] Other uses for Packet (was Re: Melbourne APRS Digipeater Status)

[Richard Murnane]

Sorry guys, didn't mean to leave Queensland out of the picture! (I  
have family in Japan, so my thoughts have been more directed that way  
recently. They're all okay BTW.)

But now that you mention Yasi, was there any formal Disaster Victim  
Registration done around Queensland?

73 Richard VK2SKY


On 25/03/2011, at 9:56 PM, Olsen's Tours and Training wrote:

> I was without land line and adsl and power for 9 days, and the  
> cellular network was close to shut down, and I was in Townsville.
> Fortunately I had HF mobiles on Radtel ready to go.
>
> On 25/03/2011, at 8:52 PM, Howard Small wrote:
>
>> We were without phone, cellular, adsl for over 24 hours after yasi  
>> and we were on it's fringe so I hate to think how long we would  
>> have been without it if we had been hit hard. That is the reason we  
>> are currently looking at a solution.
>>
>> Howard
>> VK4BS
>>
>> On 25/03/2011 8:29 PM, Richard Murnane wrote:
>>> If the phone system got really buggered, radio might be the only  
>>> means left, though these days you'd have to be talking some truly  
>>> serious damage to get to that stage.