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Paul
Harvey's comments about Amateur Radio |
Update on Tri-State ARC
May, 9, 2005 |
This
spring we just got a new 10 kW generator, that can be used with our old 25 kW generator.
You can see our emergency communications van and our new 16 foot long enclosed
equipment trailer which as you can see is
fully loaded with equipment we need in an emergency. We have been to so
many disasters we have learned from experience if we do not have it with us
we can forget about getting it at the disaster.
We are working on a grant for 150,000 for a new mobile light tower which we
can also put antennas on. Wish us luck !
Thank you for your e-mail and keep up the good work
Best 73'S DE WAĜAUU in Cresco Iowa |
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 The Tri States Amateur
Radio Club's emergency communications van has equipment for SSB, CW, APRS, GPS ,
radio direction finding and ATV. We operate on H.F., VHF and UFH. All of
our equipment runs off of two banks of deep cycle batteries with a
15 KW generator for back up.
We are nonprofit group of volunteers that specialize in disaster recovery and emergency
communications. The van is a 1971 CHEVROLET we spent 7 years restoring it. The van has
been redone top to bottom, front to back, inside and out. We have communications
equipment that will send a massage down the block, around town or around the world when
needed. We just started our web page, you can see a little more about us by going to
Tri-States Website
If anyone has any ideas where we can get a grant to help us with this project please
contact me at leewalt@powerbank.net
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| The Tri States Amateur Radio Club, Inc. A R E
S group for the past five years we have been trying to get Federal Surplus equipment to
help us with the work we do. We are a nonprofit 501C3 group doing what every A R E S
and RACES group does. I have found an ARES group in Utah and another in
Louisiana that have or are getting G.S.A. Federal surplus property to use. Our group
has been turned down two times, even though we are 501C3 and we do exactly what they
do. What I have been able to find out is, the Federal laws are NOT handled the same
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read the Federal G. S. A. rules, there is a list of nonprofit organizations that have all
ready been approved to get this surplus. Among them are the Boy Scouts, Boy and Girl
Clubs, Camp Fire Girls, Big Brother and Big Sister and MANY other groups. Now my
question is, in time of an emergency, don't you think an amateur radio ARES or RACES group
would make better use of surplus equipment than the camp fire girls will? nothing
against the camp fire girls, just to make my point. For some reason when the rules were
written, ham radio was left out ! I am trying to get that changed and I need your
help. |
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What I need from you
is, if your ARES or RACES group has or is getting surplus equipment, will you please fax
me at 1-563-547-2366 with your information or e-mail it to me at leewalt@powerbank.net
You may see our web page at Tri-States
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Fund
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