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When Brutal Storm Slams Alaska, Hams Provide Critical Communications

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Cold, windy winter storms are nothing new to Alaska, “the Last Frontier.” But even infrastructure built to withstand some of the harshest conditions can fail. As a storm pummeled the small, isolated villages along the Bering Sea on November 8, it knocked out power lines and commutations across the region. The only way the villages could communicate with each other -- and with officials and weat...





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