Tom Traughber has seen how amateur radio can be vital during an emergency situation.
Traughber, an Eden Prairie resident, assisted the American Red Cross and law enforcement with local communications as an amateur radio operator after a series of tornadoes ripped through Fridley and other parts of the metro in May 1965.
“I did Fridley communications along with a big team. We were right next to the State Patrol,” he recalled, “and then the next day I went to the Red Cross headquarters and handled their station. The requests would come in for support. I’d get it and hand it off to the Red Cross people.” ….
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