Amateur / Ham Radio Operators Behind Warning System

A team of Amateur / Ham Radio operators from Boston have been providing support for the National Weather Service.

Doppler radar can tell a trained meteorologist a lot about the weather, but it’s hard to know what’s going on in any one place without seeing it from the ground. For help determining whether a storm is a real threat, the weather service relies on the accounts of ham radio-equipped volunteers. 

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