From Amateur Radio Social Club to 50 Years of Disaster Response Steve Landers started with a two-way, amateur (ham) radio club that felt like family, led to participation in disaster response that continued through a lifetime of emergencies and disasters in Macon-Bibb County, Ga.
Bear Creek Twp Man Bouncing Communication off the Moon. A man in Bear Creek Township is going to new heights to talk to other amateur radio operators around the world. Herb Krumich and friends from the Murgas Amateur Radio Club installed two 30 foot antennas on a tower at his home. His hope is to bounce a transmission off the moon to reach the other side of the world. Why do this? Krumich says, “Not many can….”
Ham radio aficionados reminisce during Hamfest, discuss importance of form of communication. The dusty vacuum tubes, resistors, capacitors and coils dated back to another age of communications, but the attendees of the Virginia Beach Hamfest earlier this month maintain radio is as relevant in the digital era as it has ever been.
Hams see themselves as the last line of communications when the cell towers fail during a hurricane or another disaster. They met at the Virginia Beach Convention Center to buy and sell equipment, exchange ideas, meet old friends and learn about the latest innovations in amateur radio.
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