19dsniper
Member
I completely agree with what you have to say and you have raised some points that no one has mentioned before. Thank you for doing so. The reason i came here asking for help was to get different positions on the matter, and that is what is happening. So thank you for sharing. We already took the trip and returned on the 8th. I was actually contacted by a gentleman out in west Texas that is part of the SAR group. We exchanged notes and emails. After verification i was given a number of frequencies that we could use while we were out there. I was not told directly NOT to use them unless it was life or death, but i considered that as being implied. I only turned my radio on twice in the time that i was there and that was just to monitor for a few minutes to even see if i could hear any radio traffic. At no time did i transmit.
You bring up a good point that "They could also just stun or try to kill the unknown unit keying in."
I had not considered this, as in our area it is fairly common to have some unknown unit calling. But you raise and excellent point. Hopefully if this were to ever happen, they would notice that the call sign and radio ID would match. I have no idea how many people go thru the process of reprogramming the radio to have a matching ID and call sign. In fact a lot of our local guys have different badge numbers/call signs that don't match their radio ID because they have been promoted, switched/upgraded radios, etc. But an excellent point none the less.
"Not trying to jump on a bandwagon of arguing or going against what your saying but when in doubt seek out the proper persons. If it is indeed a boyscouts event, talking directly with these system admins, managers could land you in a spot where they would run you through a process and assign a cache radio with a dedicated channel to use that does get monitored but is off a primary. I have seen this done before and the cache unit gets turned back in."
This is an excellent idea and something i wish i would have thought about. It never even crossed my mind. Thank you for that.
As a side note, not directed at anyone in specific.
In posting on here, I hope no one takes anything that i have said or would say as an attack. I respect everyones opinion and hope that you guys do the same. Sometimes we are right, sometimes we are wrong. But know that if i am chatting back and forth with anyone, it is in no way an attack if we have a difference of opinion.
You bring up a good point that "They could also just stun or try to kill the unknown unit keying in."
I had not considered this, as in our area it is fairly common to have some unknown unit calling. But you raise and excellent point. Hopefully if this were to ever happen, they would notice that the call sign and radio ID would match. I have no idea how many people go thru the process of reprogramming the radio to have a matching ID and call sign. In fact a lot of our local guys have different badge numbers/call signs that don't match their radio ID because they have been promoted, switched/upgraded radios, etc. But an excellent point none the less.
"Not trying to jump on a bandwagon of arguing or going against what your saying but when in doubt seek out the proper persons. If it is indeed a boyscouts event, talking directly with these system admins, managers could land you in a spot where they would run you through a process and assign a cache radio with a dedicated channel to use that does get monitored but is off a primary. I have seen this done before and the cache unit gets turned back in."
This is an excellent idea and something i wish i would have thought about. It never even crossed my mind. Thank you for that.
As a side note, not directed at anyone in specific.
In posting on here, I hope no one takes anything that i have said or would say as an attack. I respect everyones opinion and hope that you guys do the same. Sometimes we are right, sometimes we are wrong. But know that if i am chatting back and forth with anyone, it is in no way an attack if we have a difference of opinion.
