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WAS INOPERATIVE, I DECIDED TO USE MY MOBILE AMATEUR RADIO TO CONTACT THE
CIBOLA COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICE.  I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT DANA
FARMER, WA5SOX, AND KATHY FARMER, KB5QGH, ON THE 145R43 MHZ REPEATER AND
GIVE THEM A RUNDOWN OF THE SITUATION AND THE NEED FOR AN AMBULANCE.  DANA
AND KATHY HAD LOCAL PHONE SERVICE BUT WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT AMBULANCES
NEAR US BECAUSE THEIR CENTURYTEL LONG DISTANCE SERVICE WAS ALSO DOWN.
USING AMATEUR RADIO AND LOCAL PHONE SERVICE, DANA AND KATHY CONTACTED
GALLUP METRO DISPATCH, WHO THEN CONTACTED THE VANDERWAGON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY, IN TURN, CONTACTED THE RAMAH FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE RAMAH FIRE
DEPARTMENT DISPATCHED A UNIT BUT APPARENTLY ALSO CONTACTED THE PINE HILL
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294 2 13 1,736 WMA TAZEWELL CO ARL W9TAZ 524 2 13 1,718 IL PIKES PEAK RAA
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