Cool study, good report! Lots of interesting things there, including the variability of the Baofengs.

Yes, seems like the consensus here is towards a separate bruiser that’s not too precious.

I’m not suggesting anything illegal. I think we’re having a misunderstanding based on the different ways this works in the US vs Australia? I’ve edited my question to clarify I’m in the US, where “public service” (being communications support for primarily bike and foot races, where I live) does indeed happen on the amateur VHF/UHF bands.

This is who I volunteer with, for context: https://hpsnc.org/

So what are people writing about? Please share your comments and thoughts.

The ARRL post leaves a lot to be desired; I tried to capture the most basic information about this here:

https://medium.com/@k3loe/the-arrl-wont-save-the-waves-write-your-own-public-comment-for-in-re-delete-delete-delete-a56c1373cbc5

So for those who were hamming at the time (I was not) what was propagation like after that storm?

Don’t do that, Cat 6 is strictly for microphone cables!