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."

73 fer nw es gud DX,
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Bob AD5VJ(AAR6VM)
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