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Marilyn Gardner, W9LUO, Evanston Ham Radio Leader (SK):

Posted: 25 Apr 2016 05:02 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36651


Funeral services for Marilyn Gardner, 73, founder and president of the
Evanston Amateur Radio Community, will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1334 Wesley Ave. Gardner, who was also choir
director at the church, died last Tuesday. She was an active member of
several ham radio groups in the area, including the North Shore Radio Club
and the Metro Amateur Radio Club. She was one of the original founders of
the Evanston group, whose mission is to assist the City of Evanston with
emergency communications in the event of a local disaster, and her call
letters, W9LUO, are readily recognized by hams throughout the Chicago area.


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Amateur Radio Society Revamps, Uses Radio in Unconventional Ways:

Posted: 25 Apr 2016 05:02 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36650


The word radio is often associated with music and talk show chatter, but
the Amateur Radio Society is exploring the lesser known side of radio --
its role in facilitating communication and winning wars. The club uses
radio communications to facilitate an interest for students who would like
to explore the hobby of the wavelengths of possibilities that come with
amateur radio. President and electrical engineering junior Zach Burnham
said amateur radio has anything to do with point to point
communication. "I just want to extend the opportunities that I found to
other students because I love working on projects, and I think that HAM
radio is a really great way to find projects," Burnham said. However, a
major keystone of the club isn't just exploring radio, it's extending a
hand to the community. They help with two main events throughout the year,
one in the fall and one in the spring. In the fall, they help with event
communications emergency response support at the Cycle for Life, which
benefits patients with cystic fibrosis.


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Where Mobile Network Can't Reach, Ham Radio Does the Trick:

Posted: 25 Apr 2016 05:01 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/36649


Ham radio is the only mode of communication for polling and security
personnel during the ongoing assembly polls in some remote corners of West
Bengal which have been left untouched even by mobile phone towers. Armed
with solar-powered batteries and ham radio handsets, a team of licensed ham
radio operators were agents of last mile connectivity between North 24
Parganas district control room at Barasat and those on the field. "This is
the first time that ham radio operators are being used in the election
process to provide connectivity. We are very proud and are doing it free of
cost as a service to the nation," Ambarish Nag Biswas of West Bengal Radio
Club (amateur club), said. They have set up their equipments and
infrastructure in 47 polling premises, each manned by a licensed amateur
ham radio operator.