House Resolution 607 threatens Amateur Radio

By Joshua Carroll, N5JLC - Arkansas Section Public Information Coordinator

In this video Mary Hobart (K1MMH) describes House Resolution 607 which threatens Amateur Radio use of the 440 band. Please take a moment to watch the video and contact your representatives in Congress. If we don't act, there will be no one to blame but ourselves.

You can watch this video in the window below, or for a page on which the video will automatically play, browse to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsW5AjS65U0.

[Please note that there is an ARRL "slate" that displays for 30 seconds at the beginning; the presentation starts after that.]

Emergency Services

Many amateur radio operators participate in some type of emergency service activity. Those who do are volunteers who provide selfless service in times of public need to help protect life and property. There are many agencies who are served by these volunteer emergency communicators, such as the National Weather Service (as part of the Skywarn program), the American Red Cross, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (as part of the RACES program), and many others.

To locate any of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) leadership in Arkasas, visit http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/AresRaces/leadership.htm

For more information about ARES and RACES in Arkansas, visit http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org.

For more information about Arkansas Section Traffic Emergency Net , visit http://www.arkansas-aresraces.org/ASTEN.htm