<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">TV News: Radio hams practice for emergencies</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Mississippi&#39;s WLOX TV News reports amateur radio operators with the <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Harrison County Emergency Operations Center</strong> made sure they’re prepared for the worst <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">They participated Saturday [August 3] in an annual disaster drill. <br style="box-sizing:border-box">The simulated disaster scenario was an earthquake on the New Madrid Fault that caused major damage in several states.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The drill gives ham radio operators the opportunity to test equipment and practice should a real disaster happen.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Ham radio can provide backup communication during states of emergency, even when all other lines of communication fail.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Watch the TV news report at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.wlox.com/2019/08/03/amateur-radio-operators-practice-emergencies/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.wlox.com/2019/08/03/amateur-radio-operators-practice-emergencies/</a></p></div>