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Paul Harvey

March 19, 2003- America's quiet warriors are the legion of ham radio operators, 700,000 of them, who are always at ready for backup duty in emergencies--amateur, unpaid, uncelebrated, civilian radio operators, during and after floods and fires and tornadoes. After the 9/11 attacks, hams were indispensable in reuniting friends and families. Most recently it was they who expedited the search for debris after the disaster to the space shuttle Columbia, and right now, at this moment, they are involved in homeland security to a greater degree than you would want me to make public.

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Slight Risk for Severe Weather today 5-29-11

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 08:33 — Activations

MichiganWxDay1GreatLakes The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight Risk for Severe thunderstorms for our area.

For more information about this threat as it develops, please visit the National Weather Service Greenbay or the SPC Day 1 Convective outlook.

All Marathon County spotters are asked to monitor the 147.135 repeater for possible activations later today.

Moderate Risk for Severe Thunderstorms today 5/22/11

Sun, 05/22/2011 - 07:35 — Activations

There is a Moderate risk for severe thunderstorms today, the primary threats of these storms will be large hail and tornados.

For more information about this threat as it develops, please visit the National Weather Service Greenbay or the SPC Day 1 Convective outlook.

All Marathon County spotters are asked to monitor the 147.135 repeater for possible activations later today.

Update: - The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a Tornado Watch for our area until 10:00pm

Update: - The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 3:15pm our time. Thank you to our spotters for activating for this event.

Health and Welfare Contacts for the areas affected by the Tornado Outbreak

Sat, 04/30/2011 - 17:56 — Activations

The Marathon County Amateur Radio Emergency Service operators are ready to assist you in making contact with friends or family within severe weather damaged areas of the southern United States.

We have direct contact to other amateur radio operators who are sending information from numerous locations in or near the affected areas where phone, cellular and internet services have been interrupted.

For more information on ways to get your message through, please contact (715) 203-1077 or visit http://www.marathoncountyares.org/

Today, there are nearly 680,000 Amateur Radio operators in the United States and more than 2.5 million worldwide. Information on how to become involved in Amateur Radio is available from the ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT. 06111 or by calling 1-800-32-NEW HAM. The URL for ARRL's home page is www.arrl.org.

Below is a list of local operators who are willing to help (you can e-mail them by clicking on their name:

Travis Augustine - W9HDG - 715-966-1045 cell (or) 715-203-1077 (home, leave a message with spouse.)

Dave Levorson - N9KNY - 715-630-8332 cell