[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] This is not a Drill: An Examination of Emergency Alert Systems, N2YBB

[Don Lewis Sr]

The attached document provides facts and figures regarding amateur radio
responses to the Hawaii false missile alarm and hurricane Maria in Puerto
Rico. It is the testimony of ARRL Hudson Division Director Mike Lisenco,
N2YBB in support of the amateur radio parity act SB1534 on January 25, 2018.
The testimony took place before a session of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding Amateur Radio's readiness to
respond in an emergency. The session, "This is not a Drill: An Examination
of Emergency Alert Systems," was called in the wake of an incoming missile
warning erroneously released in Hawaii earlier this month. Lisenco said
Amateur Radio played a role not only in responding to the warning but in
disseminating word that the missile alert had been issued by mistake.

 

Don, KI4D

 

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-hudson-division-director-promotes-amateur
-radio-parity-act-before-senate-committee

 

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