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Kansas City news station KMBC9 reporter Brenda Washington interviews Chet Hallberg about the role amateur radio plays in emergency communications. Specifically, they focus on communications after a large earthquake on the New Madrid fault. In the second part, Chet shows off one of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief vehicles. He goes on to explain the different kinds of equipment in the vehicle and how it has been used recently with the flooding in Arkansas. There is also a mention (plug!) for SkyWarn in the Kansas City area and amateur radio uses with the National Weather Service in times of severe weather. Capture & encode by Bill Kellogg, WD0DXK
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Great coverage for the hobby. 73 de M0BLF.
Good video…
great support for Ham Radio that station deserves a pat on the back for their support!
Very nice.
73, KC0GQT
wow !
Fantastic!
73
de. G4UNB
about time us hams get notice by the media in a good way about we help people when other stuff goes down- my preparedice is a handhled 2-72hour batter packs plus 5000watt genaretor in a base radio and a handheld scanner you don’t need a ton of gear just a radio and some power 73’s
I know what you mean hams never get notice by media for what we do
73s KJ4FJM
United we stand as ham radio ops.
de w9gar, Franklin County Illinois Amateur Radio Emergency Service® Coordinator
Someone help me understand this…untrained people on the radio are going to help in an emergency in just what way? How is this going to help when real people need to be rescued in real life situations? Isn’t this all just a bit of fantasy? Where does your authorization come from to do something like this that could possibly end up hurting instead of helping? Who tells you to do these things? Are at least some of these people trained and can they communicate with Fire, EMS, Police, etc?
@videovaultault In case you had actually watched the video, you’d have heard them say that they do have training exercises. They typically set up radios in fire stations, Red Cross shelters and emergency command posts. Some of the emergency workers are ham radio operators too.
Videovaultault, ham operators become the communication link for the professional rescuers/ firefighters. We understand how to connect with each other and will have hams at each fire dept and rescue squad. Great video and cool truck!
typical empty headed liberal news
I have a tremendous amout of respect for individuals like these operators. Good job Chet!
260,000 hams in the US? There are actually more than 720,000.
@videovaultault A few months down the road but why not, all HAM operators have been certified by the FCC and a majority of them are also apart of the emergency system to begin with.
@denelson83 Its the news. they prolly just pulled that number out of their asses 😛
@videovaultault I am a ham set up for emergency situations. My qualifications are 12 years of law enforcement, and I simultaneously served 1.5 years as a volunteer EMT and 3 years as a volunteer fire fighter. Hams also attend SkyWarn training with the NWS. There are many services offered by hams when communications go down. Check with your local emergency personnel and see how many of them know how to get their communications back up and running in case of failure.
I need to get my Swan 500 repaired and get an antenna. Need to make makeshift mast or such, just enough to get decent signals
I need to get my Swan 500 repaired and get an antenna. Need to make makeshift mast or such, just enough to get decent signals.73 de Steve (N7KOA) in Missoula,MT