<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.667px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">Importance of Amateur Radio</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">During a natural disaster when the power is out and the phone towers are down, how can first responders communicate? By using ham radios! <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Jennifer Seelig</strong> of Nexstar TV&#39;s Eyewitness News interviewed <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Don Peterson KD2ILO</strong> president of the Fort Herkimer Radio Association.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Watch the WUTR report at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.cnyhomepage.com/news/importance-of-amateur-radio/1463943529" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.cnyhomepage.com/news/importance-of-amateur-radio/1463943529</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>