[W8MWA] FW: One Interesting Amateur Radio Activity in West Virginia

[L. Ann Rinehart]

West Virginia Amateur Radio Clubs,

Please read the attached related information related to Project Lifesaver.
You may want to share with you club members or have the program start in
your area, if so, just contact Sue.  Her information is part of the
attachement.

 

73

Ann, KA8ZGY

ARRL SM WV

 

From: Bob West [mailto:wa8ycd at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:40 PM
To: wb6noa at arrl.net; leo at w6twt.org; k9eid at arrl.net; george at amateurlogic.tv
Cc: Sue Patalano; Wick @ work Kirk; L. Ann Rinehart; Jim N8TMW Damron; Ken
WA8LLM Harris; Alan Pitts
Subject: One Interesting Amateur Radio Activity in West Virginia

 

See attached offical synopsis.

F O R    I M M E D I A T E    R E L E A S E

Radio Amateurs in WEST VIRGINIA are Participating in PROJECT LIFESAVER.

West Virginia ARESR members, working in cooperation with their local
County Sheriff's Offices, are training, getting certified, and standing by 
to assist using both County Issued specialized equipment and their 
own ham radio gear.

Project Lifesaver operates on 216MHz. Some of the modern wide-band
amateur transceivers will also receive that frequency.  

Hams know about Direction Finding - FOX HUNTS have been popular for years 
at club meetings and hamfests. Those skills translate directly to the 
Project Lifesaver operations and once certified, local hams work with the 
Sheriff's Deputies in more than 30 of the 55 WV Counties, with new counties 
coming on line all the time.

This year at the WV State Amateur Radio Convention at Jeckson's Mill WV, 
which is our ARRL sanctioned Section Convention, an ARES R Forum was
presented
by the WV Coordinator for Project Lifesaver, Sue Patalano, and included
a display of the equipment used.

This is yet another way hams work to benefit their neighbors.



CC: Sue Patalano, WV State Coordinator, Project Lifesaver
      R. E. "Wick" Kirk KC8RHO, Monongalia County ARESR EC and Monongalia
                                            County Project Lifesaver
Training Officer

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Cheers, 
Bob West WA8YCD
 wa8ycd at hotmail.com

304-291-0418 (home)
304-625-5376 (work)
304-672-6381 (cellphone)