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Haiti Earthquake Info….

by k4sac @ Thursday, January 14th, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under emergency

SATERN is currently engaged in communications for the Haiti earthquake. Check out 14.265 and 7.265

KY ICE Storm 2009 cont’d

by k4sac @ Wednesday, February 11th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under KY SECTION, emergency

(The unedited ARRL KY4EOC PRESS Release)
KY4EOC ICE STORM ACTIVATION
In the grips of an Ice Encased Nightmare, the Kentucky emergency communication systems were jammed with traffic or totally shut down. After the storm, over a half million were without power and up to 55 water districts would be off line for days. For some city [...]

Silence on 121.5 and 243 Mhz

by k4sac @ Wednesday, February 4th, 2009. Tags: ,
Filed under safety

ARRL is reporting that as of February 1, the Cospas-Sarsat (Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking) satellites are no longer monitoring distress beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz. All mariners, aviators and individuals who use emergency beacons on those frequencies will need to switch to the newer, digital 406 MHz frequency if they want to [...]

KY Flooding

by k4sac @ Friday, September 29th, 2006. Tags:
Filed under ham radio

Taken from ARRL.org
Amateur Radio Fills Communication Gap During Weekend Flooding
NEWINGTON, CT, Sep 27, 2006 — When telephone and Internet service in Kentucky fell victim to flooding over the September 22-24 weekend, Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) teams took over to bridge the communication gap. Kentucky ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator Ron Dodson, KA4MAP, says the deluge, [...]

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