. QST . A ZEA ZAV,K4s NAW NRI WAR FDY WBK, W3STU/4,K2BSC, and W0WDJ. The net handled about2000 messages from October 14th to 20th. The Virginia Phone Net and the Old Do-minion Net combined forces on 3835 as the Vir-ginia Emergency Net starting on October 14thand operating continuously until the evening ofOctober 16th. FCC declared 3830 to 3840 kc. aclear frequency within 1000 miles of the yeoman service as NCS were the following:W4s PCC (operated by W4s BTL GPS LNXJXE KQC SBZ UGO ZZV and W8NYH) TFXHQN SIE TVO ONV VYG NV SB and served almost continuously as liaisonwith Was
. QST . A ZEA ZAV,K4s NAW NRI WAR FDY WBK, W3STU/4,K2BSC, and W0WDJ. The net handled about2000 messages from October 14th to 20th. The Virginia Phone Net and the Old Do-minion Net combined forces on 3835 as the Vir-ginia Emergency Net starting on October 14thand operating continuously until the evening ofOctober 16th. FCC declared 3830 to 3840 kc. aclear frequency within 1000 miles of the yeoman service as NCS were the following:W4s PCC (operated by W4s BTL GPS LNXJXE KQC SBZ UGO ZZV and W8NYH) TFXHQN SIE TVO ONV VYG NV SB and served almost continuously as liaisonwith Washington, assisted by W30HI. W4VYZacted as relay to handle traffic between thePentagon and Fort Monroe, Va. W4KX lists thefollowing known participants: W4s AAD ACAAHY AJA APP AWQ/4 BCW BGZ BIG BLRBMH BSM BUS CKI CLD CSC CYK/4 DWPDXJ EC FPR FV CWY/m GBD HJH JAQJAU JG KAV KBE KDJ KSE KX LASLHC MAN MRH MT NBA NPT NY OCXOKM OM/m OXY PHL PJT PMF QCAQEL/4 QIE/m RCZ RDI/m RGN/m RGZRJW RLA RTV TFZ TJA TJW TLA UBC. ULZ UMC VAH VOD VW VYZ WEL WLQWUW WYI/m YCC YKB YVG ZBU ZCLZMG ZXT ZUQ; WN4FTD; K4s ABQ AF AIRMC NRT; WlUKZ/4; W2FYT; W3s BHK BMBRC JE JTU/4 LUV/4 LZY NOL OHI HDVSTU/4 TVJ/m TYU UF WBJ WVF/mm WZNYYF; K2FBD; W9GWY/4. In Hampton, W4AJA was on the air from 0800on Saturday until the same time Sunday morning,when control W4RGN took over. W4VYZhandled a crucial message to Fort Monroe viaW9GWY/m near Washington. The following sta-tions in Hampton participated: If4s AJA RGNMAN/m VYZ/m RTZ QCA/m ZXL GZD/mJCM. W4RGN and W4QCA operated on emer-genc}^ power. In Norfolk, EC W4PAK alerted the ARECgang at 1900 on October 14th, and 29 mobiles andtwo net control stations turned out. Participationwas on both the VFN frequency of 3835 and thelocal Mc. frequency. By 1500 on Friday thewinds had reached 100 and things startedto happen. Communications were handled forthe power companj, the Weather Bureau, CivilDefense, and local Red Cross and emergencytraffic was being handled as fa
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