• Phone calls

    From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Sat Nov 7 11:42:00 2020
    Can you still make phone calls via ham radio in your car?
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  • From Hatton@VERT/THRCORN to MATTHEW MUNSON on Sun Nov 8 08:57:00 2020
    Can you still make phone calls via ham radio in your car?

    You would need to check with the club or repeater trustee to see if
    their repeater(s) have active phone patch capability. That said,
    I don't think I've heard of repeaters actively removing phone patch
    capability.

    73 de NY5I
    Hatton


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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to Hatton on Mon Nov 9 09:44:00 2020
    Can you still make phone calls via ham radio in your car?

    You would need to check with the club or repeater trustee to see if
    their repeater(s) have active phone patch capability. That said,
    I don't think I've heard of repeaters actively removing phone patch capability.

    I'd pull off to the side of the road to do it.

    And, I did just that years ago in southwest Little Rock. I was
    taking a friend to an appointment, when I saw something out of
    the corner of my eye. It was a pickup truck, next to a gas station,
    with the hood up...and it was on fire!!

    I thought "this could turn real bad in a hurry", so I pulled off,
    activated the autopatch, and called 911. It took 4 rings before I
    got an answer. I gave my name, told them I was a ham radio operator
    (giving my callsign), telling them where I was, and what I saw.
    They thanked me, and I disconnected from the autopatch. Thankfully,
    there was a fire station about a mile west of there, and shortly
    after that, I heard the siren. The truck was still blazing when
    they got there, and they promptly put it out.

    They thanked me for calling it in, and I heard them tell the
    owner "I wouldn't try to start that if I were you". :P

    No one was hurt, but that could've been a real bad situation
    in a hurry.

    Daryl, WX4QZ

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