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11/01/2012 | As Hurricane Sandy Wreaks Havoc on East Coast, Hams Heed Call to Help
Even though Hurricane Sandy was declared a post-tropical cyclone by the time it made its final landfall -- just 5 miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey at about 8 PM EDT on Monday, October 29 -- the storm still had winds in excess of 80 miles per h
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08/30/2012 | Hams Heed the Call to Help As Isaac Makes Landfall, Downgraded to Tropical Storm
Seven years to the day that Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans, Hurricane Isaac came calling. But instead of making landfall right at New Orleans like Katrina (a Category 3 storm) did on August 28, 2005, Isaac veered slightly to the west of the ci
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07/05/2012 | Colorado Hams Provide Disaster Communications During Wildfires
Thanks to an extremely dry season, portions of Colorado have been ravaged by wildfires. As of July 5, only a handful of the fires are considered extinguished or fully contained, with the majority considered still active.
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07/26/2011 | New Mexico Hams Provide Communications Support During Wildfires
One month after it began, the Las Conchas Fire -- New Mexico’s largest fire on record -- has burned almost 157,000 acres and is 90 percent contained. The fire, which began on June 26, is believed to have been human set. The next day, the fire threatened t
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06/22/2011 | North Dakota Hams Brace for Flooding River
As the Mouse River rises, residents in Minot, North Dakota, are under orders to immediately evacuate their homes. The river -- which originates south of Regina, Saskatchewan, flows through North Dakota and then heads north where it terminates in Manitoba
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05/31/2011 | ARES® Stands Down After Joplin Storms, CERT Volunteers Needed
Due to the end of the “search and recovery” mode after the EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri on Sunday, May 22, ARRL Missouri Section Emergency Coordinator Ken Baremore, W0KRB, notified area hams that all Amateur Radio communications from the Emerg
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09/08/2010 | Colorado Hams Assisting Wildfire Relief Efforts
A fire that began on Monday, September 6 in Emerson Gulch located in Four Mile Canyon -- just northwest of Boulder, Colorado -- has had members of Boulder County ARES® providing communications support to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the America
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05/14/2010 | CQ Announces 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
CQ magazine today announced its 2010 Hall of Fame inductees, welcoming 15 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame and two new members each into the CQ DX Hall of Fame and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors tho
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