FALLON - Despite the Internet, cellphones, email and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves in the dark.
Tornadoes, fires, storms, ice and even the occasional cutting of fiber optic cables leave people without the means to communicate. In these cases, the one consistent service that has never failed has been amateur radio.
These radio operators, often called "hams," provide backup communications for everything from the American Red Cross to FEMA and even for the International Space Station. Your town's "hams" will join with thousands of other amateur radio operators showing their emergency capabilities next weekend.
On the weekend of June 22-23, the public will have a chance to meet and talk with Churchill County ham radio operators and see for themselves what the Amateur Radio Service is about, as hams across the USA will be holding public demonstrations of emergency communications abilities.
In the Day Use Area of Lahontan State Recreation Area Churchill beaches, the Amateur Radio of Churchill County will be demonstrating Amateur Radio June 22-23. They invite the public to come and see ham radio's new capabilities and learn how to get their own FCC radio license before the next disaster strikes.
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