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Amateur radio in the news: Amateurs help USGS with earthquakes, VT towers
OKd, ham club on BBC

Posted: 05 Mar 2021 02:02 PM PST
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Amateur Radio Operators Help Fill Earthquake Donut Holes

If you’ve ever seen tall antennas rising from everyday residences in your
community and wondered what they are for, it could be that those homes
belong to ham radio enthusiasts who enjoy communicating with each other
over the airwaves. In addition to having fun with their radios and finding
camaraderie, many ham radio operators are also prepared to help neighbors
and authorities communicate during disasters. One such group of radio
enthusiasts is poised now to serve yet another important role: They will be
contributing to a more robust delivery mechanism for critical seismic
intensity reports after major earthquakes through the U.S. Geological
Survey’s (USGS) Did You Feel It? (DYFI) system.
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Over neighbors objections, Shelburne operator gets the green light for ham
radio towers
SHELBURNE – One-on-one talks with fellow amateurÂ*radio operators as far
away as Moscow are now firmly on the horizon for a Shelburne man.
The erection of two antenna towers on Zachary Manganellos rural property on
Dorset Street — a source of contention with his neighbors for at least a
year — was approved by the Telecommunications Review Board this week.
On paper, and later, in balloon tests that attempted to approximate the
towers altitude, the structures struck some folks as too tall for the
neighborhood.
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Ham radio on BBC Radio Lincoln

The Lincoln Short Wave Club, hosts of the National Hamfest, celebrated
their 100th anniversary in February andÂ*Steve Burke M5ZZZ / G6TVPÂ*was
interviewed on BBC Radio Lincoln

The clubs inaugural meeting was held in the Spread Eagle Hotel in Lincoln
on February 10, 1921. Eleven people attended and it was agreed the group
would be known as the Lincoln and District Wireless Society.

In May 1923 they held an exhibition in the City School. The event was open
to the public for three days and attracted 322 visitors.

The BBC interview was broadcast on Wednesday, February 17, on BBC Radio
Lincolns Breakfast Show. A recording is available, fast-forward to 01:17:49
into the show

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0954hgx

Lincoln Short Wave Club history

http://www.g5fz.co.uk/official-club-...ort-wave-club/

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