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OPERATIONS CENTER, CIACCIA TOLD THE ARRL.  THEY ALSO WANTED TO SEND
ADDITIONAL OPERATORS TO VIDEO POSITIONS AND SET UP PACKET AND VOICE
COMMUNICATIONS AT A LOCAL SCHOOL NOTED, AS IT WOULD SERVE AS THE EVACUATION
CENTER.  WE SET UP A RESOURCE NET ON THE LOCAL BOULDER AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
REPEATER AND ASSIGNED A NET CONTROL STATION TO SET UP THERE.  CIACCIA SAID
THAT WITHIN ONE HOUR, ATV HAMS WITH BCARES HAD A VIDEO CAMERA SET UP, WHILE
OTHER HAMS AT THE EVACUATION CENTER TEAM HAD SET UP PACKET COMMUNICATIONS,
PROVIDING DATA AND VIDEO, AS WELL AS 2 METER FM VOICE COMMUNICATIONS.
ANOTHER NET WAS UP AND RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY ON OUR OPERATIONS REPEATER,
WITH ANOTHER NET CONTROL STATION WORKING AT THE EOC, HE EXPLAINED.  OTHER
PORTABLE VIDEO POSITIONS WERE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF TWO HOURS.
OUR LIVE VIDEO FEEDS WERE UP ON THE HUGE VIDEO SCREENS AT THE EOC, ALLOWING
THE ENTIRE EMERGENCY STAFF TO SEE HELITANKERS AND US FOREST SERVICE BOMBER
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