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08/03/2016 | ARRL Expresses Support for All Activities that Strengthen Emergency Communications Infrastructure
At its July 2016 meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors approved revisions concerning the management and governance of its National Traffic System™ (NTS) program.
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07/12/2016 | ARRL CEO, Emergency Preparedness Manager Visit FEMA
ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, and Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, recently visited Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to further explore areas of cooperation and partnership.
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06/21/2016 | ARRL Executive Committee Removes NTS Eastern Area Chair, Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager
The Executive Committee of the ARRL Board of Directors has relieved ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager Joe Ames, W3JY, of his appointments in the ARRL Field Organization.
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03/17/2016 | Southern Florida ARES Volunteers Support Biennial Nuclear Power Plant Drill
ARES teams from five Florida counties took part in a February 24 exercise at the St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant on Hutchinson Island in Jensen Beach.
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03/15/2016 | ARES, SKYWARN Volunteers Respond to Heavy Rain, Flooding in Louisiana
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and SKYWARN volunteers in Louisiana assisted the National Weather Service (NWS), as record-setting rainfall led to severe and widespread flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a disa...
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01/29/2016 | FEMA Issues Call for Youth Council Members
Applications for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Youth Preparedness Council (YPC) are currently open.
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12/24/2015 | First Geosynchronous Orbit Amateur Radio Payload Could Aid Disaster Communication
Well-known AMSAT figure and Virginia Tech researcher Bob McGwier, N4HY, says the Amateur Radio payload planned to go into geosynchronous orbit in 2017 will be like “a new ham band” for the Americas.
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05/13/2015 | US Navy-Marine Corps MARS Program to End
The US Department of Defense is phasing out the US Navy-Marine Corps Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) program.
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