[ARRL-OK] Pryor Special Event

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 01:52:32 EDT

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> From: John Thomason, WB5SYT
> Section Manager
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> Below is information on this Sunday's Special Event to be held in Pryor, O=
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> by the Mayes County ARC <A HREF=3D"http://www.pbwco.com/mcarc">http://www.=
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> be held at 6:00 pm. Kindly contact Tony, [email protected] for more=20
> information. Look forward to seeing many of you there.
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> 73, John
> [email protected]
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> For Immediate Release
> Radio Operators commemorate local disaster
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> Pryor--- Radio operators from around the area are scheduled to operate fro=
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> the
> Pryor Park Sunday afternoon to commemorate the anniversary of the Pryor
> tornado, according to Tony Clark, president of the Mayes County Amateur
> Radio Club.
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> The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is open to the public.
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> Fifty-one years ago, during a communications blackout caused by World War
> II, radio operators played a key part in the response and recovery to
> what history records as the fifth deadliest tornado in Oklahoma.
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> The radio operators will man W5P, a special event station authorized by
> the American Radio Relay League.=A0 John Thomason, the Section Manager for
> the ARRL, will be on hand as well to answer questions about amateur
> radio.
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> Emergency Management volunteers, many of who are licensed radio
> operators, will be distributing information regarding personal disaster
> kits and other important safety facts.
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> Persons desiring more information about the Mayes County Amateur Radio
> Club may view it at <A HREF=3D"http://www.pbwco.com/mcarc">http://www.pbwc=
o.com/mcarc</A>=A0 while <A HREF=3D"http://www.arrl.org/">http://www.arrl.or=
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> the web page for the American Radio Relay League.=A0=20
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> Lloyd Colston=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 Mayes County Emergency Management
> Pryor, OK USA=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 http://www.geocities.com/mccem
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Vigilance is the keystone to preparedness.
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