New Nevada radio station to include ham radio
A tower is in place for a new broadcast radio station that
will have a ham radio connection. Amateur Radio Newsline's
Don Carlson, KQ6FM, has the details:
The station is KQLN on 91.3 MHz FM and will serve Alamo,
Nevada, in the Pahranagat Valley. This, from a site that
sits on Nevada Highway 93 with coverage expected to be 50
miles in all directions.
The owner of KQLN is Harvey Caplan, KD7FJJ.
Jerry Fuge,
KC6ILH the Emergency Coordinator in Nevada's Northern Nye
County says that Caplan is a member of the region's
ARES/RACES organization that already has a repeater located
at another of Caplan's radio stations. That one is located
in the town of Pahrump. That's a city made famous by
overnight talk show host Art Bell, W6OBB.
In a recent interview, Caplan told the Lincoln County Record
that the stations transmitter site will house both KQLN
along with an amateur radio station that will have coverage
over most of the populated area of the valley. The ham
station will be battery-powered and charged by a solar power
panel.
Caplan told the newspaper that almost everyone associated
with the station called Alamo Radio is not only a licensed
amateur radio operator, but also a member of Amateur Radio
Emergency Service. He describes ARES as a national
organization trained to respond to community emergencies by
setting up two-way radio stations in hospitals, public
safety areas, or even on mountain tops.
Kaplan notes that amateur radio can get messages through
when conventional public safety radio systems fail, or to
help when such systems may become overloaded. He says that
some messages can be urgent, to fire or police, or simply
relay health and welfare information to relatives of those
in a disaster zone. Either way says Caplan, they could be
life saving.
Don Carlson, KQ6FM
Amateur Radio Newsline
In the newspaper article Caplan added that he hopes that
others will want to serve the community and the valley by
becoming licensed radio amateurs. He also looks forward to
having KQLN-FM operating by the time of the November
elections if at all possible.
Source: Amateur Radio Newsline, Lincoln County Record,
Nevada ARES
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