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Tradin' Post
FOR SALE
:
Kenwood TR-9130
multi-mode 2m rig, 30 watts, $100.00;
Kenwood TS-140S
, all-mode HF transceiver, 100 watts, wide frequency coverage (below AM broadcast thru 10-meters), $375.00;
Ten Tec Argonaut 515
QRP HF transceiver, 5 watts, $300.00. Contact Tom Land, KA4HKK, at 828-728-2805 or by email for more information on equipment condition and/or status.
FOR SALE:
Complete Older Computer
(PC, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse).
Ideal as first computer for young kids or for checking email, etc.
$100.00. Contact Jim, N4EUX, 828-758-5320 or
email for more information
.
If you would like to list an item (FOR SALE, WANTED, SWAP, etc.) in the next newsletter, please email your copy to the editor, Jim Rogers, N4EUX, at email address: bozo38@charter.net by the 1st day of the month. Thanks! -Ed
LARGEST-EVER MASS CASUALTY EXERCISE WILL PUT AMATEUR RADIO UNDER SCRUTINY
"Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members in Connecticut and elsewhere in the Northeast are poised to take part in what's being characterized as the most comprehensive terrorism response
exercise ever conducted in the US. Sponsored by the US Department of Homeland Security as a realistic test of the nation's homeland security system, the exercise--TOPOFF 3--will run Monday through Friday, April 4-8. Approximately 100 ARES volunteers primarily will support the American Red Cross. Connecticut Section Emergency Coordinator Chuck Rexroad, AB1CR, says that while governmental agencies will comprise the majority of those taking part in TOPOFF 3, Amateur Radio's cooperation with and assistance to the American Red Cross will be under scrutiny.
"We've been assigned evaluators and judges who will be watching what we do and how we do it to determine our suitability for such things in the future," he explained. Rexroad says at TOPOFF 2 a couple of years ago, evaluators pointed to massive communication problems that Amateur Radio could have helped to resolve, Rexroad said. "So we do hope that this will show that we are very relevant in responding to a disaster situation."
The TOPOFF 3 scenario will depict a complex terrorist campaign beginning in Connecticut and New Jersey and leading to national and international response that will include Canada--where the exercise will be known as "TRIPLE PLAY"--and the United Kingdom--where it will be called "ATLANTIC BLUE."
The only nongovernmental organization with a formal role in the recently released National Disaster Plan, the Red Cross has main responsibility for mass care. Rexroad anticipates that ARES will be providing its traditional "backbone" communication support among Red Cross mobile feeding stations, the organization's temporary stationary facilities and other Red Cross units. ARES also will be ready to provide back-up communication support the Connecticut Office of Emergency Management, he said."
(foregoing has been an
excerpt
from the
ARRL Letter, Vol 24 No 12
).
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