http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2010/04/the-first-radio-stations/ When I was 10, I caught the radio bug, it appears to be terminal Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:11:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2010/04/the-first-radio-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-447 J. Aegerter Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:04:19 +0000 http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/?p=3928#comment-447 Times change and so does technology. Today, the mentality seems to be 'putting all the eggs in one basket'. GPS, cell phones, and 911 Public Safety Trunks although all inter-related, are the mainstay of emergency communications. At the NAB show, FEMA happened to have a booth giving out cloth back-packs promoting the agency. After looking over their people and what they had to offer, it would seem to me that this government agency could easily be disbanded without any impact to the U.S. citizen. Times change and so does technology. Today, the mentality seems to be ‘putting all the eggs in one basket’. GPS, cell phones, and 911 Public Safety Trunks although all inter-related, are the mainstay of emergency communications. At the NAB show, FEMA happened to have a booth giving out cloth back-packs promoting the agency. After looking over their people and what they had to offer, it would seem to me that this government agency could easily be disbanded without any impact to the U.S. citizen.

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