The Loma Prieta Earthquake

October 17, 1989

The Role of Amateur Radio

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• A Retrospective

• Initial Critique

• Emergency Response Institute Meeting

• Report to Santa Cruz County OES

• Problems Experienced by Volunteers

• Report to SCCARC Board on Ham Response

• ShortSkip Editorial

• UCSC Study of Ham Response: Disaster at 5:04

• Articles

World Radio & New York City Schools

QST March 1990

QST April 1993

Proposal to ARRL and Disaster at 5:04 

Santa Cruz ARES Handbook

Note: This site also contains a folder entitled ARES Training Notes. A collection of training exercises is provided in MS Word format. Click on the Training Notes folder for access to this collection.

ARES Training Notes

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