Amateur Radio and Amateur Television (ATV) are important features of disaster preparedness and emergency response.  In a disaster in the local area, government resources and communications can easily be overwhelmed.  Cell towers and communications networks can and do fail.  Amateur Radio and Amateur Television frequently step in to help maintain communcations.  Recent hurricane disasters in Texas and Puerto Rico are prominent examples of how Radio Amateurs have stepped in to provide communications when commercial facilities were unavailable.

Efforts are underway to link multi-state area repeaters by a 5 ghz. network of relay points.  This project includes CATS Towson, MD along with York, PA; Wilmington, DE, and Philadelphia, PA.  A big thank you to Rich KR3EE for his efforts.  Equipment has been allocated and site visits for installation of the necessary equipment have been completed. Go-Live is planned for early 2023. Our Towson site will be our gateway into this network.  This is the same process currently in place for our Towson ATV repeater output.  Kudos to the  Mid-Atlantic DATV  group for inviting us into this wide area repeater linking venture!

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Paul Nf3X 

Paul NF3X in a a recent on-air net.

Fred K3TAZ's PC Electronics TX5A transmitter

K3PEG from Glen Burnie to Towson 19 miles