FAIRS Volunteers Continue
Goodwill Efforts 2008
FAIRS Continues Goodwill Work – Interest in Ham
Radio Grows
Seth Sjoestroem
SM0XBI/J79XBI...
Seth Sjoestroem spends several weeks of a year on the island of Dominica, making
significant contribution by his volunteer work and friendly demeanor amongst his
Dominican friends.
Seth worked to
help new operators in Castle Bruce have a new radio station setup for use by the
Disaster Management Committee (as part of their “emergency plan”). With
his help, they are utilizing solar power, and a UHF/VHF antenna has been erected
at the village police station. Seth has been a great friend of FAIRS,
helping specific groups in Dominica progress in service to their
communities.
Many of the site improvements at the main Dominican emergency communications
headquarters, DARCI (Dominica Amateur Radio Club, Inc.), have been made with
Seth as "part of the team, getting things done". Volunteers continue to be
trained at this facility, and another class of locals has just completed a
course in order to be of service during disaster.
Seth gave assistance to the local volunteers, like Conrad Jederon J73CAJ and
Joseph Guiste J73JT, by helping repair and augment their stations and doing
outreach in the name of ham radio.
As Seth gives additional report and pictures, they will be added to this page.
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