Coal Valley News reports on the role amateur radio operators can play during severe weather “We had a major storm in March, June and in late October of last year,” said Kevin Dalton KC8WDL, a Boone County 911 operator and the District Emergency person for Boone County’s amateur radio operators. “These storms had a devastating …
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Mar 18 2013
Ham Radio users prep for severe weather season
Channel 10/11 Nebraska report that the severe weather season is right around the corner and that means amateur radio users are gearing up for the coming storms Read the story at http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/HAM-Radio-Users-Prep-for-Severe-Weather-Season-198612501.html
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May 26 2012
Severe weather fuels ham radio growth.
By Dave Larson, Middle Town Journal The number of licensed amateur radio operators in the U.S. is at an all-time high, in part because of ham radio use during and after severe weather, experts said. The number of amateur radio operators topped 700,000 for the first time in October 2011, according to the American Radio …
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Apr 28 2012
When storms topple towers, HAM radio can help save the day!
When modern communications systems in Nebraska were knocked out by recent tornadoes and severe storms, local officials had no way of calling for help or reporting damage. That’s where amateur radio, or “HAM” operators stepped in. Tom Reis, a Skywarn coordinator for the National Weather Service, says HAM operators are a valuable asset who can …
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