[FARC] Fox 5 Story on Amateur Television

[Dan Blasberg]

Joe,

The Tornado referred to was actually the one 10 days after 911 and six 
month before the Charles County tornado, that touched down in College 
Park and continuing up to Laurel.  The city of Laurel indeed has its 
own EOC at the city administration building, and yes, they have 
reserved a good sized space for two full sized desks in the EOC. The 
Laurel ARC is the primary club staffing the Laurel EOC with PG County 
ARES/RACES providing additional personnel and resources.

Operators in the spot included Al Brown KZ3AB, Section Manager Jim 
Cross WI3N and another amateur that I am not as of yet familiar with.

73 de,
Dan Blasberg
KA8YPY
PG County RO/AEC


On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:35 PM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote:

> Good evening everyone,
> Channel 5 ran a story about amateur radio emergency communications
> potential; they focused on amateur television, also known as Fast Scan 
> ATV
> C3F.  I didn't catch any names or call signs, but the general press was
> good.  The Charles county tornados was used as an example of amateur 
> radio
> response, and they pointed out that the EOC (presumable the EOC for 
> the city
> of Laurel or PG County) had space reserved specifically for amateur 
> radio
> operators and equipment.  I don't see the story posted to their website
> www.fox5dc.com; maybe they will have something up there tomorrow.
>
> 73
> Joe
> N3PAQ
>
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