ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio Volunteers Still Needed

ARRLWeb: Amateur Radio Volunteers Still Needed

"Amateur Radio Volunteers Still Needed

NEWINGTON, CT, Sep 28, 2005--Amateur Radio volunteers are still needed to assist relief agencies in the southern Mississippi counties hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. ARRL Alabama Section Manager Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, who's been at the American Red Cross volunteer staging area in Montgomery for nearly a month now, says he got a call for more operators this week, but turning the 'operator pipeline' back on after holding off on soliciting additional volunteers has been slow.


'Yesterday we received a renewed need for amateurs who can deploy to the Gulf Coast region,' he said. 'Three Mississippi Gulf Coast counties need amateurs in EOCs, American Red Cross shelters and other locations to provide reliable communication.' Sarratt says he's trying to fill a need for 18 operators in Hancock County, 24 in Harrison County and 9 in Jackson County. He's hoping that the nationwide network of ARRL SMs and SECs can recruit the fresh volunteers within their regions. "

73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

(old calls KE5CTY - WB5ZQU - WY5L)
10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/
Code may be taking a back seat for now,
but the pioneering spirit that put the code
there in the first place is out front of it all.