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RESCUE RADIO: COLORADO AND NM HAMS STAND BY AS FLAMES RAGE
Ham radio operators in Colorado and New Mexico are on high
alert as wildfires whip across areas of both states. Bill
Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with what we have so
far:
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Amateur radio emergency operators in Colorado and New Mexico
are on standby alert and a number are already involved in
coordinated relief efforts as wildfires rage across mainly
wilderness areas of both states.
In Colorado, the best information came on Tuesday night the
12th from Amanda Alden K1DDN. Alden and her husband Jeff,
K0JSC, live in Carson City, Colorado. She reported on the
Ham Nation Internet TV show that hams further North in the
Ft. Collins area are very much involved in providing various
types of communications, with APRS markers for the fire
areas being one of the major resources.
Alden said that she has been in contact with Eugene Bentz,
KI6MPA. He is the EOC operator and resource net control.
He told Alden that about 25 assistants are providing
communications to the Forrest Service, the Colorado State
Patrol, the Larimer County Sheriff, the Red Cross as well as
county officials. Also, APRS information regarding fire
locations is being posted to both AGW Tracker and APRS.fi.
The makers show fire locations as well as EOC's, Incident
Command Post and shelter markers. At the time of K1DDN's
report that fire was about 15 miles west of the city of Ft.
Collins.
Moving south into New Mexico, Jay Miller, W5WHN, in
Albuquerque has been in monitoring the work of the hams
involved in the Little Bear Fire that erupted on Saturday
the 9th. He tells Newsline that Joe Kenmore, K5FBK was in
the Lincoln County EOC when this blaze was first discovered.
As this newscast is prepared, Gerald Minor, N5RKE, is at the
Shelter in Ruidoso and Ed Meyer, WK7ED, is active at the
shelter in Capitan.
Currently, the W5BI system at Rio Rancho has been linked
receive only at this time the 449.3 to 146.98 on Buck
Mountain. This allows Albuquerque and Santa Fe to talk
directly to the affected area, if needed. Also the 146.66
MHz NM5ML repeater at Capitan has performed well linking
back to all parts of the State.
As we go to air, there has not yet been any mass call-out of
hams in either state, and hams involved in emergency
communications groups were told on the 13th not to self
deploy. But the word is to have their go kits ready and to
be ready to provide assistance as is needed.
More information as we get it.
For the amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF,
in the Newsroom in Los Angeles. Jim.
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According to fire officials it will be some time before
these fires are contained and controlled. We will have
updates in future Amateur Radio Newsline reports.
(ARNewslineT, TWIT.TV, W5WHN)
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