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Page last updated on:
Sunday, December 26, 2010
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Glenmont ham radio repeater helps EMOThey’ve taken an empty shipping container and put it to an amazing use. The Kings County Advertiser/Register in Nova Scotia reports that members of the Kings County Amateur Radio Club (KCARC) have a new repeater facility in Glenmont inside the renovated container. With its 120-foot tower, the facility houses Cross Country TV’s wireless high-speed internet equipment, the Canning Fire Department’s pager and main radio systems and the County of Kings’ repeater for emergency communications. The KCARC and the Greenwood Amateur Radio Club (GARC) handle communications for emergency measures organizations (EMO) from Windsor to Digby. There is a lot of membership crossover in both clubs, which GARC president and KCARC member Eric Smith of Kingston (VE1JW), says is good for continuity. It cost the club about $12,000 to establish the new facility, with the KCARC membership undertaking fundraising initiatives and the remaining money coming from the County of Kings. The club had been saving grant money in a capital fund for its new structure. Club members completed all the necessary work on a volunteer basis. Read the full story at:
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