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RADIO OPERATORS–– Above: Carson Wutkee, left, logs calls as Ben Champion operates the Kenwood radio, looking for contacts worldwide during a recent exercise for the American Radio Relay League at the national park headquarters parking lot in T.O. At photo time they had logged 23 calls in a seven hour period, the most remote contact coming from Costa Rica. The radios are capable of providing backup communication when all other modes have failed because of disaster. Right: Greg Lane says Morse code over a ham radio is still one of the most reliable forms of communication. Operators can send a Morse code message faster than text messages on cell phones. Morse code originated in the mid-1800s.
RADIO OPERATORS–– Above: Carson Wutkee, left, logs calls as Ben Champion operates the Kenwood radio, looking for contacts worldwide during a recent exercise for the American Radio Relay League at the national park headquarters parking lot in T.O. At photo time they had logged 23 calls in a seven hour period, the most remote contact coming from Costa Rica. The radios are capable of providing backup communication when all other modes have failed because of disaster. Right: Greg Lane says Morse code over a ham radio is still one of the most reliable forms of communication. Operators can send a Morse code message faster than text messages on cell phones. Morse code originated in the mid-1800s.
