In Service For Y2K
Several members showed up along with many area hams at the second
gathering
of the Brown County Emergency Management/Wisconsin Public
Service/Ham radio
operator meeting at the WPS building Wednesday evening, December
15, 1999.
This was the last meeting before the scheduled 10 pm check-in on
New Years
Eve on designated area repeaters.
Area hams will be setting up and net operating from area
hospitals, public
safety buildings, police departments, utility buildings, and fire
departments throughout Brown County.
Both Brown County and WPS officials thanked and expressed
appreciation for
hams participating.
Officials also gave assurance they had no
information
indicating widespread failure of systems in their control. All
parties were
enthusiastic to interact with each other in the spirit of
readiness.
Governor Tommy Thompson will receive updates throughout the state
at least
twice an hour and more frequently if conditions merit. The area
ham net will
assist in providing information in the specified format required
for the
governor reports. The governor reports will contain all
information of every
accident occurrence so media throughout the state will receive
accurate
information about the events during that evening.
Andy Nemic KB9ALN, net control operator, addressed the group to
explain how
the net will function and answered questions about repeater
assignments.
Andy reminded everyone of net protocol and procedures. Any hams
wanting to
contribute to this effort should contact KB9ALN.
Area hams participating in the Y2K project include: K9BOB, K9GB,
K9GQE,
K9JQE, KB9ALN, KB9AMM, KB9EWK, KB9PZF, KB9QAJ, KB9QAL, KB9RHB,
KB9SND,
KS9WI, N9LOK, N9MPU, N9NCQ, N9OLU, N9QLO, N9QZF, N9SBQ, N9TBR,
N9TNH, N9VJL,
N9WOA, N9XCQ, N9ZDA, W9CEA, W9HAM, W9WES, WA9RFT.
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