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09/14/2011 | Missouri Hams Help Out When 911 Service Goes Down

It doesn’t take a major disaster for Amateur Radio to step in and save the day. Around 9 PM on September 5, a cable cut completely isolated the Johnson County 911 Center in Warrensburg, Missouri, impacting landline, Internet and cellular service. Johnson
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06/15/2011 | ARRL’s Emergency Communications Advisory Committee Moves Forward with MDEC Plans

At the 2007 Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, the ARRL National Emergency Response Planning Committee -- led by then-ARRL Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN -- presented a report to the Board that outlined how the League should respond to emerg
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06/13/2008 | Hams on Hand as Floods Sweep across Midwest US

When severe thunderstorms started to threaten the Midwestern United States with tornadoes, hail, severe lightning and rain starting on June 4, state agencies were quick to call on Amateur Radio operators for assistance.
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