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Subj: Sue Cauhape: How Ham Radio operators are your friends
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Lahontan Valley News reports on the Sierra Intermountain Emergency Radio
Association
A recent radio conversation between two HAMs raised a disturbing issue that
surprised both of them.
The conversation involved the NTS (National Traffic Service) that uses
amateur radio operators throughout the United States to relay information
during large-scale emergencies, such as earthquakes.
When phone connections are down, residents in stricken areas want to
contact relatives outside the area. HAM radio operators offer this
volunteer service to anyone able to come to their locations
One of the HAMs in the above conversation stated that sometimes in calling
people with such information, he is met with suspicion and even hostility.
Is he a telemarketer? Is he a drug dealer? Or worse yet, is he a terrorist?
Surprisingly, most people haven't even heard of amateur radio. If they
have, they consider it an obsolete technology. HAMs still perform many
services for their communities by providing communications for large sports
events, parades, and point-of-delivery vaccination operations.
In Carson Valley, SIERA (Sierra Intermountain Emergency Radio Association)
has stepped in during last winter's floods. Many members also work through
CERT, DCART and other emergency organizations to provide assistance, either
at the 911 Call Center or in setting up the Red Cross shelter for residents
of a Gardnerville mobile home park.
Read the full story at
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/opinion/sue-cauhape-how-ham-radio-operators-are-your-friends/
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