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CENTER IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.  GIVEN THE DIRECT IMPACT ON THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, EXACERBATED BY THE INDIRECT IMPACT
CAUSED BY POWER OUTAGES, RESPONDERS EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY ESTABLISHING
CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS ON THE ISLAND DURING RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.  THEY
OVERCAME THIS OBSTACLE BY USING NCS SHARES PROGRAM TO CONTACT AN AMATEUR
RADIO OPERATOR ON THE ISLAND, WHO PASSED INFORMATION ON TO OTHER EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS.  SOURCE 2009 NCS ANNUAL REPORT WWW. NCS.  GOV/ LIBRARY. HTML
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ARRL/NCS MOU THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED IN 1983 BETWEEN ARRL
AND NCS ESTABLISHED A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTEER RADIO AMATEURS FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS.  THE ARRL RECOGNIZED THAT NCS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
RESTORING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT, BECAUSE COMMERCIAL
CARRIERS PROVIDE MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF THE GOVERNMENTS COMMUNICATIONS,
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