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COMMUNICATIONS.  JACK ROBERTS, WC9J, IS THE COMMITTEE HEAD FOR ALL AMATEUR
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZED DURING THE EVENT.  THESE GENTLEMEN, ALONG
WITH OTHERS, SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PLAN FOR A
SMOOTH, EFFECTIVE EVENT.  THE HHH RIDE ALLOWS ARES AND WARS TO EXERCISE
THEIR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLANS MORE THAN ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT WE
COULD HAVE.  EACH GROUPS LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS ACTIVELY COORDINATES WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIDE STAFF, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS,
AND MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE ATTACHED REPORT FORM.  THIS
IS A VALUABLE ASSET IN THAT WE WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONNEL
THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH IN AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY SITUATION.  WITHIN THE ARES
AND WARS GROUPS, PLANNING AND OPERATION OF 16 REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SITES
MUST BE DONE, INVOLVING SOME 62 AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS SCATTERED THROUGH
TWO COUNTIES, CONTROLLED BY THREE OPERATIONAL NETS ONE ON VHF, AND TWO
OPERATING ON UHF LOCAL REPEATERS.  UP TO SIX MOBILE UNITS ARE IN OPERATION
THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, WITH ALL REMOTE SITES AND MOBILE UNITS USING BATTERY
POWER.  THIS YEAR, WE INCLUDED DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR PASSING SOME
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