ARLA/CLUSTER: Jornais americanos consideram essenciais os radioamadores durante as emergencias

[João Gonçalves Costa]

Ham radio operators essential

The Tampa Bay Times reports amateur radio operators are essential during emergencies

They say:
With most of the world now just a text message or phone call away, it's easy to assume radio operators have become obsolete.

Not true.

"If ever there's a hurricane, the only thing you have left is us," said Albert Clark, KJ4FUH, the president of the Sun City Center Amateur Radio Club.

Even with today's technology, communication systems may go down, Clark said. That could mean no phone calls, no Internet, and at times, usually reliable text messaging may fail.

That's when amateur radio operators get to work. It happened during Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, and more recently during the Boston Marathon bombing and in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma.

Read the full story at  http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/amateur-radio-operators-essential-during-emergencies/2135663

Sun City Center Amateur Radio Club  http://www.sccarc.info/about.html
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