SB QST @ ARL $ARLB081 ARLB081 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY - CANCELED ZCZC AG81 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 81 ARLB081 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 27, 1999 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB081 ARLB081 VOLUNTARY COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY - CANCELED The FCC has canceled the voluntary communications emergency declared recently for 3923 and 7232 kHz in North Carolina, effective 1400 UTC September 27, 1999. Notification of clearance should be transmitted on each frequency. The Tar Heel Emergency Net has resumed its regular daily schedule, starting at 1930 Eastern time. North Carolina Section Manager Reed Whitten, AB4W, reports that amateurs continue to provide communications for emergency operations centers in Pitt and Edgecombe counties and in shelters--primarily in Edgecombe County. Most shelters have released their Amateur operators as telephone service has been restored. Hams continue providing backup communications for local EOCs, the State EOC in Raleigh, and the Southern Baptist Convention/American Red Cross mass feeding efforts. Volunteer operators remain available to replace those who have traveled into the affected areas. NNNN /EX