Ham radio operators serve as eyes on the ground when severe weather hits. When severe weather hit north-central Illinois last week, there was an army of volunteers out gathering information, and funneling it to the National Weather Service to provide a more accurate picture of what was going on. Among those volunteers were amateur radio operators.
More than a hobby: Amateur radio enthusiasts strive to serve community. As the sun set on a warm Friday in Grand Island, Stan Coleman sat in his red Dodge Durango. He looked over his equipment — the radio to monitor emergency services, his digital amateur radio, the dual-band radio and the equipment to transmit his location. He waited. Then, when the clock hit 7 p.m., he sent his voice into the airwaves.
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