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    From VE3IFX@VERT/EMCOMMNY to All on Tue Mar 17 15:16:23 2020
    While the CORVID-19 pandemic unfolds and arguably degrades around the world, more and more people are self-isolating whilst corporations are sending employees to work from home at unprecedented rates. In Canada Internet traffic is increasing and some telco's are struggling with capacity including voice circuits. Although we are far from catastrophe, is anyone in the HAM community thinking about the consequence of further desegregation and if ARES will have a role to play? This is more of a thought-provoking discussion rather than intimating we are on a path to destruction.

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  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS to VE3IFX on Tue Mar 17 23:12:36 2020
    Re: CORVID-19
    By: VE3IFX to All on Tue Mar 17 2020 15:16:23

    employees to work from home at unprecedented rates. In Canada Internet traffic
    is increasing and some telco's are struggling with capacity including voice
    circuits. Although we are far from catastrophe, is anyone in the HAM community
    thinking about the consequence of further desegregation and if ARES will have a
    role to play? This is more of a thought-provoking discussion rather than intimating we are on a path to destruction.

    I was idly thinking about this the other day, mostly wondering how bad things would need to get and how many things would need to go wrong before ham radio had any role to play. The answers I came up with were "really really bad" and "lots and lots of things would need to go wrong".

    Of course I'd be happy to relay messages for people if it came to that.

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  • From Speed Demon@VERT/ECBBS to echicken on Tue Mar 24 19:16:00 2020
    echicken wrote to VE3IFX <=-

    Re: CORVID-19
    By: VE3IFX to All on Tue Mar 17 2020 15:16:23


    I was idly thinking about this the other day, mostly wondering how bad things would need to get and how many things would need to go wrong
    before ham radio had any role to play. The answers I came up with were "really really bad" and "lots and lots of things would need to go
    wrong".

    what is E-chicken's call? (just wondering)

    73 de Chuck K8CPA

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  • From echicken@VERT/ECBBS to Speed Demon on Tue Mar 24 20:18:32 2020
    Re: Re: CORVID-19
    By: Speed Demon to echicken on Tue Mar 24 2020 19:16:00

    what is E-chicken's call? (just wondering)

    73 de Chuck K8CPA

    VE3XEC, licensed in 2010 (I think).

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  • From Speed Demon@VERT/ECBBS to echicken on Sun Apr 5 21:06:00 2020
    echicken wrote to Speed Demon <=-

    Re: Re: CORVID-19
    By: Speed Demon to echicken on Tue Mar 24 2020 19:16:00

    what is E-chicken's call? (just wondering)

    73 de Chuck K8CPA

    VE3XEC, licensed in 2010 (I think).

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    I see, cool! 8-D


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