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TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WHEN DISASTERS OR OTHER INCIDENTS
DAMAGE OR DISRUPT CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING CELL
TOWERS.  MARC IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE WALLINGFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THE TOWNS MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS, AND HOLDS ITS MONTHLY MEETINGS AT THE
WALLINGFORD EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.  THERE ARE MORE THAN 40 RADIO
CLUBS IN CONNECTICUT.  WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE GOVERNORS RECOGNITION OF OUR
AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY, NOTED SECTION MANAGER OF THE ARRL CONNECTICUT
SECTION BUD KOZLOFF, W1NSK.  A SIMILAR RESOLUTION WAS MADE BY THE MAINE
STATE LEGISLATURE, RECOGNIZING APRIL 18, 2023, AS WORLD AMATEUR RADIO DAY,
AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDED BY
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.  THE RESOLUTION WAS ADVANCED BY SECTION MANAGER OF
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