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RRI Online Classes Filling Quickly
Participation increase attributed to nationwide stay-at-home orders.
April 14, 2020
Buchanan, MI
With national “stay at home” orders in effect during the COVID-19 outbreak, RRI’s online classes are filling quickly, attracting students worldwide with an unexpected range of motivations.
“We’re both excited and pleased by the public’s response” says lead instructor Jim Wades, WB8SIW. Wades is RRI’s National Emergency Communication Coordinator and a nationally recognized telecommunications professional. “Class registrations often fill within an hour of the announcement.”
Read the class availability announcement on our blog – click here
RRI’s current classes cover a variety of topics, offered on a weekly schedule to accommodate sudden demand:
- Basic Radiotelephone Net Procedures
- Emergency Communication Theory and Planning
- Introduction to the Amateur Traffic System
- Introduction to the National SOS Radio Network and Neighborhood HamWatch civic programs
In addition to offering a wide variety of training documents and classes, Radio Relay International regularly conducts internal emergency exercises while also providing infrastructure support for various local and state emergency communications drills.
Radio Relay International was formed in 2016 after a successful demonstration of Amateur Radio capabilities during the FEMA “Cascadia Rising Exercise” in which a prototype emergency communications response plan was implemented to link Alaska, Idaho, Northern California, Oregon and Washington State with the National Response Coordination Center at Washington, D.C. via an all-RF system. Expert traffic operators scored a 99.998 percent accuracy rate against simulated cipher group messages while rapidly conveying communications traffic across country in minutes.
“One of the big surprises is the support we’re getting from ARES/RACES, REACT, and other local groups” says Joe Ames, W3JY RRI’s national chairman. “RRI believes all communication is ‘local’ and we emphasize the ideal of neighbors helping neighbors.”
The National SOS Radio Network and Neighborhood HamWatch programs were adopted to promote community engagement with local amateur radio clubs.
Class schedules and RRI program information are published at the RRI website and Facebook pages.
www.radio-relay.org • [email protected] • @RadioRelayIntl
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