Ham radio buffs turn hobby into emergency-related business

Ham radio buffs turn hobby into emergency-related business

"Ham radio buffs turn hobby into emergency-related business
Friday, October 14, 2005
By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

For years, whenever a disaster struck, Rick Johnson and David Kleber would volunteer their expertise as longtime amateur radio operators to keep the lines of communication open.

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of Louisiana and Mississippi last month, the ham operators pitched in to help again, but this time their hobby had become a business, RemComm Inc.
'It was a spectacular success,' said Mr. Johnson, a retired lawyer. Mr. Kleber is a sales and marketing veteran who most recently sold telecommunications for Verizon Wireless.

The Highland Park-based company's product is designed to fill the communications void when power systems have been knocked out and emergency workers' cell phones and computers aren't working."


73 fer nw,
Bob N5IET

10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
http://www.n5iet.com/
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.