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Travis County amateur radio volunteers describe emergency‑communications role to Austin commission
Summary
Volunteers from the Travis County Amateur Radio Service briefed the commission on how amateur and professional radio systems provide interoperable backup communications for weather events, evacuations and mass gatherings; they asked for outreach to diversify membership and pre‑disaster partnerships with community organizations.
A representative of the Travis County Amateur Radio Service told the Technology Commission that volunteer radio operators provide a resilient, non‑Internet backup for emergency communications and related services.
The presenter described three volunteer services — Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) for nongovernmental agencies, Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) for government continuity, and…
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