{"id":28593,"date":"2017-09-29T19:54:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28593"},"modified":"2017-09-29T19:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:54:31","slug":"npr-amateur-radio-operators-stepped-in-to-help-communications-with-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/npr-amateur-radio-operators-stepped-in-to-help-communications-with-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR: Amateur Radio Operators Stepped In To Help Communications With Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Maria-Puerto-Rico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28586\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Maria-Puerto-Rico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Maria-Puerto-Rico.jpg 899w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Maria-Puerto-Rico-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Maria-Puerto-Rico-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hurricane-Maria-Puerto-Rico-624x272.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/09\/29\/554600989\/amateur-radio-operators-stepped-in-to-help-communications-with-puerto-rico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> via Eric, WD8RIF)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Volunteer HAM operators have set up informal radio networks to connect family and friends with their loved ones in Puerto Rico. NPR&#8217;s Kelly McEvers talks to one of those volunteers, Greg Dober.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/554600989\/554600990\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/09\/29\/554600989\/amateur-radio-operators-stepped-in-to-help-communications-with-puerto-rico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to listen via NPR.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: NPR via Eric, WD8RIF) Volunteer HAM operators have set up informal radio networks to connect family and friends with their loved ones in Puerto Rico. NPR&#8217;s Kelly McEvers talks to one of those volunteers, Greg Dober. Click here to listen via NPR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[599,545,3],"tags":[389,2709,1489,6529,20],"class_list":["post-28593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-preparedness","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-amateur-radio","tag-emergency-communications","tag-hurricane","tag-hurricane-maria","tag-npr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7rb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28588,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/amateur-radio-playing-key-role-in-puerto-rico\/","url_meta":{"origin":28593,"position":0},"title":"Amateur radio: &#8220;Playing Key Role in Puerto Rico&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"September 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 (Source: NBC News) When things went dark and quiet in Puerto Rico, a cadre of amateur radio operators became a lifeline on the island. 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