ARLA/CLUSTER: Nos Estados Unidos pode-se ser radioamador desde os 6 anos até ao dia da morte

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ham radio operators are always prepared for a crisis

The Day interviews Larry Garvin KB1QQM about amateur radio and the
Tri-City Amateur Radio Club.

The newspaper says:

The hobby, he explains, is a level playing field. An amateur radio
operator could be 6 years old; the oldest operate until the day they
die.

In ham circles, you can know someone for a year before you know what
they do for a living, says Garvin, an active member of the area's
biggest ham radio group, the Tri-City Amateur Radio Club. "That's not
who you are," he says. "It's - you're a ham, period."

Amateur radio is both a hobby and, even today, an emergency management
tool. Licensed operators use certain frequencies to communicate among
themselves and with relief organizations during a crisis.

Read the full story at
http://www.theday.com/article/20130707/NWS01/307079951/1018

Tri-City Amateur Radio Club
http://www.qsl.net/tricityarc/