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<v Speaker 1>Hey, before we get started, be sure to head over

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<v Speaker 1>to Hamradio two dot com forward slash email dash sign

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<v Speaker 1>up to join my email list of over nineteen thousand subscribers,

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<v Speaker 1>where I like to send emails about upcoming events, upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going

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<v Speaker 1>on with my videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>I will be doing a giveaway of another HF radio

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<v Speaker 1>sign up today and thank you for the support. In

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<v Speaker 1>the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, ham radio

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<v Speaker 1>operators are being called out to volunteer for net control

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<v Speaker 1>and for other duties. I found some really cool articles

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<v Speaker 1>and interesting facts about how you can volunteer if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to. I'm going to try to do it myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a look. So this guy here is His

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<v Speaker 1>channel is called Guns and Gadgets. He is Second Amendment News,

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<v Speaker 1>Guns and Gadgets, Second and In News. I loosely follow him.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, I'm a subscriber and I see some

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<v Speaker 1>of his videos come across my feed. I don't watch

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<v Speaker 1>very many of them, but every now and then one

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<v Speaker 1>catches my eye. This one was sent to me by

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<v Speaker 1>someone on discord, and it said that they talk about

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<v Speaker 1>a call out for amateur raider operators. So we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>start at the beginning. I'm going to let you guys

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<v Speaker 1>listen to this and I've got some and then I

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<v Speaker 1>followed the instructions in this video and we'll see where

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<v Speaker 1>it goes from there.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, guys, welcome back to Guns and Gadgets. You know

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<v Speaker 2>you should know the Man, the Myth, the Legend.

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<v Speaker 3>This is TJ.

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<v Speaker 2>Bear, Independent, a man the Myth, the Legend. We'll be

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<v Speaker 2>here at Grindstone Ministries. I'm here at the fob where

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<v Speaker 2>they are taking donations and sending him to people who are.

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<v Speaker 3>Stuck in the mountains.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna let the man who is here on the

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<v Speaker 2>ground talk to you about that here in a second.

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<v Speaker 2>But guys, he doesn't even know want to say this.

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<v Speaker 2>Grindstone Ministries doesn't take a single red scent.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, this guy on the left is with Grindstone Ministries,

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<v Speaker 1>and those guys are right here and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>get to them here in just one second. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to see what the Guns and Gadget guy has

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<v Speaker 1>to say, and then I'm going to fast forward to

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<v Speaker 1>the end because that's where they talk about Ham Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>From the government or victims.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all pro bono work off of donations like you

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<v Speaker 2>and me and my own.

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<v Speaker 3>My viewership has stepped up.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend, I am going to make a thirty thousand

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<v Speaker 2>dollars donation to you to christ Now ministries.

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<v Speaker 1>I would love to do that. And YouTube has been

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<v Speaker 1>good to me, but not quite that good. Not yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe one day, Okay. So he interviews this guy and

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<v Speaker 1>he goes on to talk about what's going on in

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<v Speaker 1>North Carolina and Tennessee and how the title of this

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<v Speaker 1>is pushing aid to hurricane victims through the FEMA blockades.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mentioned on the live stream the other night

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<v Speaker 1>that FEMA is turning people away. There's probably some legit

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<v Speaker 1>reason for that, because people can't just show up and

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<v Speaker 1>have stuff, and that it needs to be some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of coordinated thing. But apparently this ministry here is coordinating

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<v Speaker 1>efforts for relief and they're still getting turned away. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have all the story or all the details on that.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna find out a little bit of it about

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<v Speaker 1>it here, but I'm focusing on the ham Radio part.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's what we're going to talk about today.

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<v Speaker 3>What are they what do you need? Hell from because

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<v Speaker 3>we will help get it for you.

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<v Speaker 4>We need volunteers to start coming in in seven to

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<v Speaker 4>ten day periods starting a week from now, and so

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<v Speaker 4>coordinate all that through serve at Grindstone Ministries dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring your neighborhood, bring your so I emailed this servi

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<v Speaker 1>at Grindstone Ministries dot com. And that's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the next part of the video after this part finishes.

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<v Speaker 4>Church group, Bring your mutual assistance group. Bring some guys

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<v Speaker 4>and girls from your company. Bring people here. We need

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<v Speaker 4>logistics experts, we need hands and feet, equipment operators, we

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<v Speaker 4>saw teams, sorry skits there. We need all the thanks,

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<v Speaker 4>search and rescue, recovery teams, medical professionals, ham radio operators

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<v Speaker 4>because there you get affective communication with two meter and

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<v Speaker 4>seventy centimeter band right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Because there's no COMMO here.

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<v Speaker 4>We need all these things, but we need them to come.

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<v Speaker 1>In two meter in seventy centimeters so he doesn't mention HF,

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<v Speaker 1>which I know there's been a lot of HF used

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<v Speaker 1>into and out of the area. Because VHF UHF is

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<v Speaker 1>great for local comms no cell service. You set up

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<v Speaker 1>repeters either permanent repeaters that are that are still in

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<v Speaker 1>operation or deployable repeaters that you can use in a

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<v Speaker 1>in a localized area. And that's great. But he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>mention anything about HF so either he doesn't know about it,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe he just didn't mention it here, I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>Know in the coordinated fashion, so we're I'm overwhelmed for

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<v Speaker 4>one day with two hundred people and the next day

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<v Speaker 4>we have zero. So coordinate all that through Servi at

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<v Speaker 4>Gronstele Ministries dot com and then pray for these people.

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<v Speaker 3>Please pray for these people.

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<v Speaker 4>If you are a person of faith, lift these people up.

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<v Speaker 4>They're hurting so bad that they are now checking out

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<v Speaker 4>that they just can't take it anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's a tragedy.

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<v Speaker 4>The storm is a tragedy, but the unnecessary loss of

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<v Speaker 4>life is even more of a tragedy. And that's why

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<v Speaker 4>we're literally fighting. We're operating behind enemy lines right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Running.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So he goes on to talk about FEMA a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more there, I will link this video. Blow guys,

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<v Speaker 1>please go watch this video. It's only about ten minutes long.

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<v Speaker 1>He talks a lot more about Grindstone Ministries there. So

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<v Speaker 1>I emailed Serve at Grindstone Ministries dot com. Okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>the email I sent was right here, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>in the beginning of the email, I said, hey, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I caught this video and I linked to the guns

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<v Speaker 1>and Gadgets video and then I said, I'm a HAM

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<v Speaker 1>Radio Operator General class. I run this YouTube channel, and

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<v Speaker 1>I linked my channel of course, and then I and

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<v Speaker 1>then I said, let me know what's needed and how

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<v Speaker 1>I can help. And they replied back, short and sweet.

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<v Speaker 1>Have Ham sign up at AMRON dot com, am R

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<v Speaker 1>R o N dot com and then send contact info

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<v Speaker 1>and availabibility here. So amarn dot com, So Grindstone Ministries

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. He said, the email serve at Grindstone Ministries

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. And that's their website right here. So I

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<v Speaker 1>sent that via email. He talks about an Amazon wish

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<v Speaker 1>list to help them with the work they're doing over there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right there. This is Helene deployment information. And I

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<v Speaker 1>read through this and this is the same attachment that

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<v Speaker 1>he puts at the bottom of this email right here.

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<v Speaker 1>So what he's saying here is please read this entire communication.

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<v Speaker 1>Prior to emailing, we tried to answer as many questions

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<v Speaker 1>as we can. You must email, serve at Grindstone Ministries

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<v Speaker 1>dot com and be approved for any and all volunteer opportunities.

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate your willingness to support, but we have to

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<v Speaker 1>control access and follow a proper protocol to have a

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<v Speaker 1>safe and effective effort. At this time, we'll not be

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<v Speaker 1>accepting any more inbound volunteers until mid October early November.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's only a week away, guys. It's only a

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<v Speaker 1>week away, So mid October, I would say October fifteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>We need these people to be able to commit to

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<v Speaker 1>a week on site, and it takes time to bring

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<v Speaker 1>new folks up to speed and effectively assigned duties. We

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<v Speaker 1>need people who are ready and able to take the

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<v Speaker 1>assignment needed. Even if you are presenting with a specialized

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<v Speaker 1>ability and skill set, if you want to come and

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<v Speaker 1>serve in any capacity, we need volunteers who are able

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<v Speaker 1>to come for seven to ten days. Do not come

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<v Speaker 1>to the FOB forward Operations base. I think that is

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<v Speaker 1>what that means without prior approval. This is cool deployment

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<v Speaker 1>packing list, okay, and it goes through these things here.

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<v Speaker 1>I might make a video building that pack right there,

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<v Speaker 1>and then specialty equipment. Shine saw his heavy equipment, dump trailers,

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<v Speaker 1>dump trucks, four by four pickups. Hey, I got one

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<v Speaker 1>of those mechanical tools saw in medical equipment, long range comms,

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<v Speaker 1>and internet equipment. Oh, I've got my star link, food prep,

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<v Speaker 1>recovery and rigging equipment fobs. It's fuel, fuel transfer tanks, generators,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera, et cetera. So I will put this link

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<v Speaker 1>and everything else linked in the description below. So when

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<v Speaker 1>he emailed back and said have him sign up at

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<v Speaker 1>amron dot com and then send contact info and availability here,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I went to amorn dot com, which is

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<v Speaker 1>right here, I don't think I replied to that email.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's something I'm gonna have to do here in

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<v Speaker 1>just one second. So we're gonna talk about amrom dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna talk about how I'm going to try to

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<v Speaker 1>go over there here shortly. But first I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you about the importance of supporting amateur radio's

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<v Speaker 1>national organization, the American Radio Relay League or the ABLE ORL.

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<v Speaker 1>The a double RL has represented the interest of amateur

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<v Speaker 1>radio operators in Washington for over one hundred years. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>this September they filed on opposition to the FCC against

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<v Speaker 1>a corporate interest who wants to completely reconfigure the nine

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<v Speaker 1>hundred megger hertz ban for commercial use, leading hundreds, if

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<v Speaker 1>not more, of amateur radio operators without important band spectrum

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<v Speaker 1>for things like digital mesh networks that are crucial to

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<v Speaker 1>the digital communications design experimentation, which are becoming increasingly useful

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<v Speaker 1>in emergency communications, much like what we're seeing here in

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<v Speaker 1>this video. I wonder if they have a mesh tastic

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<v Speaker 1>or an arden network set up at this location, At

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<v Speaker 1>these locations that they're deploying people to. Something to think about.

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<v Speaker 1>Membership into the League is only fifty nine dollars per

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<v Speaker 1>year and right now, when you join you can use

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<v Speaker 1>to Ham Radio two point zero followers. So please support

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<v Speaker 1>the league and my channel by becoming an a double

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<v Speaker 1>r L member today. Thank you, A double ERL for

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<v Speaker 1>supporting amateur radio and for supporting this channel. So after this,

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<v Speaker 1>have Ham sign up at AMRON dot com. Now I've

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of amarn dot com. Have you guys ever

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<v Speaker 1>heard of this organization? I had not. Okay, maybe that's

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<v Speaker 1>my fault, maybe that's too bad for me. But AMRON

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<v Speaker 1>is the American Redoubt Radio Operators Network and the American

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<v Speaker 1>Preparedness Radio Network tapper in, tap r in, tap r in.

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<v Speaker 1>And this little logo up here on the top left

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<v Speaker 1>says mrs cbf RS GMRS Channel three per project. And

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<v Speaker 1>then of course has Ham Radio Operators by themselves over here,

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<v Speaker 1>which yeah, okay, not that we're better, just that we

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<v Speaker 1>offer more Okay, we have more capabilities. Okay, So they

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<v Speaker 1>have some stuff over here. Now I've already contacted these

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<v Speaker 1>guys via email. I went to this part right here.

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<v Speaker 1>If we're gonna go read this real quick. AMRON supporting

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<v Speaker 1>Grindstone Ministries and Hurricane Heleen. Okay, So through this and

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<v Speaker 1>I contacted them the email which they which they requested.

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<v Speaker 1>I got a response from them, and I traded two

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<v Speaker 1>or three more emails with them after that, and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>what about sometime in the not so distant future, when

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<v Speaker 1>you guys get a chance, you guys come onto the

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<v Speaker 1>channel and talk about just exactly what your organization is.

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<v Speaker 1>And they said sure, yeah, we'd love to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I asked them about posting this video today and

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<v Speaker 1>they said, yes, please spread the words. So that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing today. AMRON is proudly supporting Grindstone Ministries by

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<v Speaker 1>providing emergency communications in remote and grid downlocations of response

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<v Speaker 1>the devastation from Hurricane Helen. Last weekend, AMRON was contact

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<v Speaker 1>by Grindstone announcing the deployment of disaster response teams. After

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<v Speaker 1>their on site assessment in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee along the North Carolina border, they realized that there

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<v Speaker 1>were absolutely no conventional communications available to many communities and

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<v Speaker 1>areas in which teams would be operating. So we kind

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<v Speaker 1>of already knew this. We didn't know how widespread. I

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<v Speaker 1>still don't know exactly how widespread it is, but this

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<v Speaker 1>All week we have been feverishly working to deploy volunteer

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<v Speaker 1>rescue efforts from their FOB Forward Operating Base. Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty close to that in eastern Tennessee. Okay, it's

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<v Speaker 1>about a thirteen hour drive for me. We have operators

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<v Speaker 1>on site more inbound and coordinating between operations leadership at

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<v Speaker 1>FOB and AMRON operations planners to provide communications supported by

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<v Speaker 1>deployed operators for regional support team operators and rotational basis.

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<v Speaker 1>Radio operators are deploying or planning to deploy for three

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<v Speaker 1>to ten day rotations. And they were saying it before.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, you know, it's great that people want to

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<v Speaker 1>come out there for three day, three or four days,

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<v Speaker 1>but it takes a while to learn their process. Learn

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<v Speaker 1>what you need to do, learn this, learn that. So

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<v Speaker 1>seven to ten days is what they're looking for. So

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<v Speaker 1>if I do what I want to do and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not able to go, yeah, I'll probably go for ten days. Guys,

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<v Speaker 1>I will have a camera rolling that whole time. And

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<v Speaker 1>it goes on to talk about a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>about the operations. Right here, I will link this article

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<v Speaker 1>in the description below, so it says if you are

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<v Speaker 1>a radio operator and you're currently active AMRON member, which

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<v Speaker 1>I am not, because I've never heard of these guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're interested in deploying with the Amron team, email

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<v Speaker 1>John Jacob at amron dot com. Okay, and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>put a link there, so you have to type it

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<v Speaker 1>out no big deal type deployment. In the subject line,

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<v Speaker 1>which I did, include your Amron call sign, your state,

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<v Speaker 1>your membership status, dates of availability, how many days you're

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<v Speaker 1>willing to deploy three to ten or question mark license level.

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<v Speaker 1>We will follow up with you in the next forty

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<v Speaker 1>eight hours with a brief operator capability survey and begin

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<v Speaker 1>the process of scheduling into one of the upcoming rotations.

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<v Speaker 1>So I sent them an email to the email address

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<v Speaker 1>they requested, and here's what I said. I said, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>interested in employment volunteering for a post to lean help.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught this video. I'm a m radio operator general class.

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<v Speaker 1>I run this YouTube channel. Of course I link my

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube channel because why wouldn't die. That's who I am,

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I do. And I said, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>did gave the bullet points that they put on their website.

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<v Speaker 1>Your Amron call sign, I said, I am not an

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<v Speaker 1>AMRON member, but my call signs KC five HWB, my

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<v Speaker 1>status Texas membership stablished, is neither dates of availability. I

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<v Speaker 1>put October fourteenth and on, which is pretty much true.

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<v Speaker 1>How many days are you willing to deploy for? And

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<v Speaker 1>I said Tennis, fine, more if needed license level general.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, if I need to sign up and

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<v Speaker 1>become an AMRON member, I can do that. Also. If

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<v Speaker 1>AMRON is ever interested in being interviewed on my channel

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about the activities that you do, please let

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<v Speaker 1>me know. And when they replied back, they said, sure, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd love to come on to your channel. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>have anything set in stone yet, but they did say

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<v Speaker 1>that so and then they sent me this warning order. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is basically just like a CYA effort. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, so let's see situation over you. Grindstone Ministries

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<v Speaker 1>has requested communications support see if I can make there

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<v Speaker 1>we go and specifically Amrong radio operators and supported their

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<v Speaker 1>disaster relief ministry deployment in eastern Tennessee Jernesborough in response

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<v Speaker 1>to catastrophic damage from Hurricane Heleen. GSM has established a

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<v Speaker 1>FOB at a Baptist church in towns at Jonesborough and

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<v Speaker 1>can bill it up to bill it up to one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred volunteers and provide food, water shelter at the FOB

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<v Speaker 1>is in a grid up location with internet, water and

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<v Speaker 1>commercial power livestream just a half a mile away from

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<v Speaker 1>none that exists. WOW. Specific request for radio operators to

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<v Speaker 1>provide communications support for teams traveling into remote mountainous locations

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<v Speaker 1>in extremely austere conditions. Several area repeaters are non operational

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<v Speaker 1>and in many routes and locations, the GSM anticipates traveling

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<v Speaker 1>to have no direct line of sight, no cell signal.

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<v Speaker 1>For more specific GFM deployment including packing and equivalent. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that deployment information for Helene Okay, many citizens of

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<v Speaker 1>stranded locations running out or already out of food or water,

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<v Speaker 1>portable pottable water and other needed care. This warn OH

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<v Speaker 1>will come in THEPOD operations order. Once more details added,

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<v Speaker 1>we will announce the mission, establish and maintain a rotational

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<v Speaker 1>volunteer staff to provide unconventional communication support at the FOB

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<v Speaker 1>or RTO radio telephone operator as an RTO roles may

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<v Speaker 1>include attachment to disaster relief teams on various missions to

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<v Speaker 1>include working cadaver dogs OH, delivering food, water aid to

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<v Speaker 1>remote locations, clearing access routes, maintain communications Regional Support Team

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<v Speaker 1>stat reps and other correspondence to support mission execution intent.

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<v Speaker 1>Provide HF digital mode communications link from grid downlocations to AMRON, RST,

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<v Speaker 1>Grindstone ministries and other organizations is necessary. Eighty meter INVIZ

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<v Speaker 1>capabilities are very important. If possible, I'm gonna have to

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<v Speaker 1>find my eighty meter intenna. So lots of other stuff here.

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<v Speaker 1>I will put links to this and everything in the

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<v Speaker 1>description below. Hey guys, so in the first video they

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<v Speaker 1>were asking for they had a PayPal link. They had

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<v Speaker 1>a link to an Amazon store where you could buy

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<v Speaker 1>stuff to help them. They're actually rebuilding roads. If you

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<v Speaker 1>go listen to that video from Guns and Gadgets, they're

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<v Speaker 1>actually building roads like gravel roads into places where the

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<v Speaker 1>roads were so devastated they can't get trucks into them,

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<v Speaker 1>so they're actually building roads out. Okay, So yeah, this

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<v Speaker 1>week and a half ago, and they still don't have

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<v Speaker 1>power and sell service in some areas. I will put

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<v Speaker 1>a link to PayPal and their Amazon wish list in

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<v Speaker 1>the description of this video you're watching right now. Check

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<v Speaker 1>out all the links we shared today. Check out the

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<v Speaker 1>guns and Gadgets video. It's only ten minutes long. Go

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<v Speaker 1>watch that whole video. Get get a little bit more

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<v Speaker 1>of a backstory than what I shared with you. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you're interested in volunteering in this effort, go through

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<v Speaker 1>the steps that I just mentioned to find out what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of Maybe you guys. Some of you guys are

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<v Speaker 1>probably closer than I am, So maybe you can go

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<v Speaker 1>out there for four or five days and it won't

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<v Speaker 1>take you an entire day to get there. I'm planning on.

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<v Speaker 1>They're talking about bringing your own shelter, sleeping bag, cot

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<v Speaker 1>and whatnot, and I'm like, dude, I got all that

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<v Speaker 1>in the freaking truck. Like I've got my truck set

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<v Speaker 1>up for overlanding deployments, if you want to use that word.

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<v Speaker 1>And I can drive myself out there, set up my

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<v Speaker 1>own cot, my own tent, my own everything. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to take up any room from them. They see

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<v Speaker 1>to bring say to bring your own food too, and

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that means I got to bring frank because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ever cook for myself. I'm kidding sort of

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a little bit. I don't know, you take

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<v Speaker 1>Frank's beans out there to those people and they're not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna invite you back, probably, But I think this is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a cool opportunity. I mean, I'm sorry this

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<v Speaker 1>happened to people, but I like the fact that so

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<v Speaker 1>many groups are stepping up, and so many ham radio

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<v Speaker 1>operators are stepping up, and they are calling out to

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<v Speaker 1>more HAMM radio operators to volunteer for three to ten

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<v Speaker 1>or more day stints in this area. So if it's

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<v Speaker 1>something you can do, check out all the links in

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<v Speaker 1>for sponsoring this video and we'll catch you guys next time.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventy three