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HELP Needed for NEAR-FEST 2018!

Hello all I am putting another request for HELP! I would really like to have some people volunteer to man an Exhibit for the hotline at the NEAR-FEST hamfest(http://www.near-fest.com/) next month in New Hampshire. I very much appreciate your support of spreading the good word of HamshackHotline.com
to your given areas, but to further our vision we need boots on the ground. If we got a hand full of people, we would only require a short amount of your time. Without we will have to turn this offer down. I am extending my deadline to tommorow at 5pm EDT.

News Clip

A little clip from Ohio Section Journal. It was written by Jim Yoder, W8ERW-ARES Data Manager:

We have been working on our AREDN Mesh Network in Seneca and
Sandusky Counties and now have 8 active nodes operating including
both County EOCs. Dan AC8NP, Jim KE8ERN, Mike KC8BUJ and I
have also signed up for VOIP service with Hamshack Hotline which is
a new venture that has unique potential to enhance our capabilities
with ARES. Currently this service offers telephone connections to and
between all participants and there is no charge involved other than a
small investment in the hardware required. Conference bridge
capability is also available allowing multiple users to meet via
telephone conference. There are additional features and capabilities being planned with a goal of providing a
useful means of enhancing our bag of tricks available in times of emergency. I have found the service to work
very well over the AREDN Mesh Network as well. I encourage you to have a look at Hamshack Hotline,
https://hamshackhotline.com/ and the AREDN Mesh Network, https://www.arednmesh.org/. Both of these
offer capabilities that in an emergency may not otherwise be available to ARES or our served agencies.

Expanding HH uses

I was intrigued by Robert E. Hobbs post on use of phones in our hospital emergency communication plan. I know many radio organizations are tightly affiliated with their local hospital. Again as we have seen from our folks in Louisiana and Ohio, the Hamshack hotline is a vital tool in augmenting our RF communication in their communications centers. I love seeing our system being implemented in different settings. The one apparently elusive one is National Weather Service, I would love to see them get on board. I feel Hamshack hotline would be important to their Skywarn activities. If anyone can make in roads, would be appreciated.