Ham Radio in the news!!
"Seeking reliable backup communication in a crisis, emergency managers are finding new solutions in an old technology: ham radio.“It’s just another avenue, another opportunity for us to be able to communicate,” said Herb Schraufnagel, public safety captain with Emory University Hospital Midtown.
Emory HealthCare is among a growing number of hospital systems to adopt ham radio. Hospital administrators and government officials took a lesson from Hurricane Katrina, which left some Gulf Coast medical centers isolated from the outside world, as landlines and cell towers failed.
When power, phone and Internet services go down, a battery-powered amateur radio and portable antenna can provide that crucial link to the outside world.
“Ham radio will never die,” said Barry Thomas, Sr., a ham radio enthusiast and employee at Emory University Hospital Midtown."
Click on the link below to see the full article and watch the video posted by Jonathan SerriePublished, May 19, 2014, FoxNews.com.
