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Barry Bettman sends out some morse code while operating a ham radio at the top of Martis Peak. Bettman and several others were participating in an amateur radio field drill this weekend at the top of the mountain.
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Sierra Sun/Mike Thompson
Left to right, Richard Hill, Bob Moore, Rich Cutler, Bruce Swearingen, and Curtis Maccoun wor to take down one of the ham radio towers from the Martis Peak fire lookout while Barry Bettman directs.
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NORTH LAKE TAHOE — Amateur ham radio operators gathered on top of Martis Peak, overlooking Truckee and Tahoe, to hone their emergency communication skills.
The national event known as “Field Day” gets radio operators in touch, able to communicate through emergencies like natural disasters.
The local amateur radio operators tested their abilities this weekend to reach out and talk to other “hams” across the country and around the world. As part of a national simulation and competition that has been going since 1933, the Truckee team set up their field station atop Martis Peak, 8,000 feet up in a Calfire fire lookout.
Ham radio operators have played a role in national emergency responses from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to fires in the Sierra Nevada.
The national event known as “Field Day” gets radio operators in touch, able to communicate through emergencies like natural disasters.
The local amateur radio operators tested their abilities this weekend to reach out and talk to other “hams” across the country and around the world. As part of a national simulation and competition that has been going since 1933, the Truckee team set up their field station atop Martis Peak, 8,000 feet up in a Calfire fire lookout.
Ham radio operators have played a role in national emergency responses from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to fires in the Sierra Nevada.
