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Amateur radio in the news: hams are your friend, hams still have role to
play, Field Day preparations

Posted: 07 Jun 2017 11:53 AM PDT
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How ham radio operators are your friends. A recent radio conversation
between two HAMs raised a disturbing issue that surprised both of them. The
conversation involved the NTS (National Traffic Service) that uses amateur
radio operators throughout the United States to relay information during
large-scale emergencies, such as earthquakesOne of the HAMs in the above
conversation stated that sometimes in calling people with such information,
he is met with suspicion and even hostility. Is he a telemarketer? Is he a
drug dealer? Or worse yet, is he a terrorist?

Ham radio operators still have role to play.Â*The people who keep
communication lines open when disaster strikes are looking for new
talent.Â*That’s amateur radio clubs, and they’re increasingly filled by
people above the age of 50, who would like to prepare the following
generation to help in a crisis, says Mike Johnson, emergency management
co-ordinator for Cumberland County.Â*“We have so much technology that we
rely on, and when it’s taken away, it creates a problem,� Johnson said
Thursday. “There’s no question we need new blood.�

Radio Relay Field Day in Whippany hopes to tap into thousands of
sources.Â*HANOVER TWP. For the 13th consecutive year the Morris Radio Club
and the Hanover Township Office of Emergency Management will team up and
participate in a joint American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day
exerciseÂ*on Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25 at Brickyard Field in Bee
Meadow Park in WhippanyLast year the group made contact with 637 similar
groups and individuals worldwide.

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