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NOW CALL A VFO OUTSIDE THE MAIN EMERGENCY ZONE, IN QUIETLY LISTENING AND
HOOKING UP STATIONS WITH TRAFFIC FOR EACH OTHER.  THOUGH A STANDARD PART OF
TODAYS AMATEUR RADIO TRANSMITTERS, AT THE TIME IT WAS CUTTING EDGE
TECHNOLOGY.  NEW CHALLENGES IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AMATEUR RADIO
CEASED OPERATION DURING WORLD WAR II, AND MANY HAMS BECAME INVOLVED WITH
WERS THE WAR EMERGENCY RADIO SERVICE.  ALTHOUGH DEVOTED TO NATIONAL DEFENSE
COMMUNICATION IN THE COUNTRY, WERS PROVIDED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DURING
A NUMBER OF NATURAL CALAMITIES IN 1944 45.  WITH THE WARS END AND THE
RESUMPTION OF AMATEUR RADIO, THE AEC WAS BACK.  IN THE DECEMBER 1945 ISSUE
OF QST, HANDY ANNOUNCED ITS RECONSTITUTION OF THE EMERGENCY CORPS, AND THE
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PR7FB/331 PY2DBU/343 RV6HA/328 SM3VAC/328 SM5BBC/355 SM7BAE/331 SM7FN/347
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