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<H1>Red Cross using 'Hams' to communicate in Haiti </H1>
<P>Ham radio operators aren't using the most sophisticated technology, but
people in Haiti have been relying on members of the amateur radio society to
relay information to and from the earthquake ravaged nation.<BR><BR>Eric Bowen,
a Red Cross Emergency Coordinator, can communicate with people around the world
from the basement of the Winston-Salem Red Cross.<BR><BR>"There are about
800,000 ham radio operators around the country that communicate on a daily basis
for experimentation or for emergency communication purposes." Bowen
said.<BR><BR>Ham radio operators have been working in Winston-Salem since the
1930s. Their main focus is to provide communication after a disaster when
regular forms of communication won't work.</P>
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