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COMMUNICATIONS ARE OVERLOADED, AND TRAFFIC FROM THE SHELTERS IS COMING INTO
THE NEW YORK CITY NET AT A RAPID PACE, HE SAID ON DAY TWO OF THE RESPONSE.
THE AMATEUR RADIO OPS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB UNDER VERY DIFFICULT AND
STRANGE CONDITIONS, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TRAINED FOR THEY ARE GETTING
IT DONE WELL.  SM TRANOS MADE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND HELPED COORDINATE THE
EFFORTS OF THE ARES STAFF.  KEY PLAYERS IN ADDITION TO TRANOS, CARRUBBA AND
HARGROVE, INCLUDED MANHATTAN ARES EMERGENCY COORDINATOR JOHN KIERNAN,
KE2UN, AND THE RED CROSSS JAY FERRON, N4GAA.  OTHER HAM RADIO VOLUNTEERS
WERE DISPATCHED TO STAFF, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS AMONG THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER SITE, RED CROSS ON AMSTERDAM AVENUE IN NEW
YORK, RED CROSS QUEENS CHAPTER, THE MULTIPLE RED CROSS SHELTERS IN
MANHATTAN AND SHEA STADIUM HOME OF THE NEW YORK METS WHERE A STAGING AND
RELIEF AREA FOR THE THOUSANDS OF EMERGENCY WORKERS HAD BEEN SET UP.  AT
LEAST IN THE EARLY GOING, HAM VOLUNTEERS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM THE
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1,004,484 1222 274 C NT1N 335,670 334 335 C N1JW 167,238 342 163 C KA1VMG
79,704 216 123 C W1DAR 68,742 201 114 C K1RO 21,528 104 69 C W1AW N1ND, op
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