Amateur radio operators to do emergency test in Va., N.C. - Roanoke.com

Amateur radio operators to do emergency test in Va., N.C. - Roanoke.com:

"Amateur radio operators to do emergency test in Va., N.C.
Activities will include a simulated snowstorm and some lost mountain hikers.
By Paul Dellinger
(276) 228-4752

Up to 100 amateur radio operators in about 50 locations in Virginia and North Carolina will carry out a simulated emergency test from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday testing their ability to provide communications when more standard channels become inoperable.

A series of simulated weather advisories will be transmitted tonight from the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg over Skywarn Amateur Radio repeaters in the two states describing a major ice storm such as the ones experienced in the region during the mid-1990s. Interstate ham radio repeaters will report simulated weather, road and power conditions to the office, as well as mock reports of 35,000 vehicles and 70,000 interstate travelers being stranded."