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Ham radio: Nerdy until there's an emergency

The Oakland Tribune carries an article about the Tri-City area ham radio emergency response team.

The article notes that Newark CA requires its Community Emergency Response Team leaders to get certified as ham radio operators and provides them with radios and says: "In a major disaster, decentralized ham radios are a surer bet than cell phones and Internet cables, which all go through a central control center."

Read the full article at
http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/ci_14658964

When All Else Fails Amateur Radio Works
http://emergency-radio.org/

 

 

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