Santa Barbara Hams Support Kid's Day
The Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club will open its radio station to the public this Sunday, January 8, for the Kid's Day event.
A report in the local media says:
Hams who were licensed as children or young adults often say that their involvement in amateur radio led them to rewarding careers in telecommunications, electronics and media.
Many amateurs serve their communities with emergency communications in times of distress such as during fires, floods and severe storms that disrupt commercial phone and Internet services.
“Amateur radio operators are the original makers and hackers,” said Rod Fritz, the outreach committee chair for SBARC. “We hams design, build and operate wireless stations capable of communicating around the world, even when traditional forms of communications are down.”
Read the full story at
http://www.noozhawk.com/article/010212_santa_barbara
_amateur_radio_club/
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