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Go-Kits are a “GO!”

Posted on June 9, 2018 by

Thank you to John Ward and the Clay County Department of Emergency Management.  The equipment for our Go-Kits arrived and this morning Joe Bassett (W1WCN) and Scott Roberts (KK4ECR) assembled the kits.  Next step is to get the radios programmed, … Continue reading →

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NBC’s “Left Field”

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

NBC’s “Left Field,” a new digital news unit, produced a video news story about the vital role that Amateur Radio plays in Hawaii’s emergency communications system We were also given permission from the producer of the piece (Sky Dylan-Robbins) to … Continue reading →

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Public Safety Advocate: When All Else Fails, There Is Ham Radio

Posted on October 18, 2017 by

Written by:  ANDREW SEYBOLD   SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 As I am preparing a report on the commercial and public safety communications activities during and after Harvey, Irma, and now Maria, which was the worst of the batch, I took some time to … Continue reading →

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ARRL President Issues Call for Members to Reach Out to their Senators to Support S. 1534

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

07/25/2017 ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, is calling on League members to urge their US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017, S. 1534. ARRL has opened a RallyCongress page to simplify the task. “[W]e are at … Continue reading →

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ClayARES Trailer Repairs

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

A HUGE “Thank You!” to Jim MacKinnon, KB2EZN, and KME America Marine Tube, who helped us repair the trailer that was donated to ClayARES by Clay County Department of Emergency Management. On Saturday, May 13, Jim Winfrey, Chris White, and … Continue reading →

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