Joe Nicholson wrote in a message to Ed Germain:
 -=> Quoting Ed Germain to All <=-
 EG> I direct an outdoors program, rather like Outward Bound (actually, its
 EG> parent).  It's at a high school, kids take it as a varsity sport.
 EG> I want to include some kind of emergency communication device in each
 EG> faculty leader's pack.  Cellular phones are out because the monthly
 JN>   Does your school district have a security
 JN> department/police department?   It should be able to obtain
 JN> an FCC license that would allow communications   between the
 JN> program leaders and the dispatch center.
Yes, it does.  But we range hundreds of miles away.
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