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Amateur radio in the news: Erie (PA) ham charged with making bomb threats, British hams urge Ukrainians to stay safe,

Posted: 09 Mar 2022 11:59 AM PST https://www.kb6nu.com/amateur-radio-in-the-news-erie-pa-ham-charged-with-making-bomb-threats-british-hams-urge-ukrainians-to-stay-safe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Erie man charged with airing bomb threats, bogus weather reports waives misdemeanor counts
An amateur radio operator in Erie accused by county authorities of using a radio emergency frequency to broadcast threats and false weather reports
waived two misdemeanor charges to court on Thursday after the bulk of the charges he faced in two criminal complaints were withdrawn at his
preliminary hearing.
Richard L. Wagner, 61, waived to court one first-degree misdemeanor count
of terroristic threats in a criminal case filed against him in October, and
one first-degree misdemeanor count of terroristic threats in a criminal
case filed on Feb. 14, according to online court docket information.
Wagner remained in the Erie County Prison on $250,000 bond in the second
case late last week.
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Harborough radio enthusiasts urge their airwave comrades in Ukraine –
please stay safe


Worried radio enthusiasts in Market Harborough and across south
Leicestershire are urging their airwave comrades 1,600 miles away in
war-torn Ukraine – please , stay safe. The heartrending plea is being sent out to besieged radio hams fearing for their families and their lives in
the devastated Eastern European country days after the Russian military invasion.



This afternoon Peter Rivers, 67, secretary of Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society, told the Harborough Mail. It’s obviously a very worrying situation out there at the moment. Our hearts go out to our amateur radio colleagues
in Ukraine.
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New emergency communications hub installed

The Redwood Coast Seniors facility in Fort Bragg now has both an amateur
radio station and an amateur radio repeater covering the North Coast Area.
It already hosts MCN’s community WiFi and a KZYX satellite studio. The advantage of amateur radio is that it works even when the phone, cell
service, and internet are down. These radios link to the Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) at the sheriff’s department in Ukiah, and since the Senior Center has its generator, this amateur radio communications facility
can operate when power, phone, and internet are unavailable.

The most recent addition is the repeater station, previously housed in a private residence. Jonathan Peakall and Dennis Kelly, long-time amateur
radio licensees, and John Skinner from the Senior Center installed the equipment and the antenna last month. “This is a great location for the repeater, and we are pleased that the Senior Center can host it for the community,” says Peakall.
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