By K5KAC, on the hermetically sealed scene
ATLANTA, Georgia — In a move that aims to stop
the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus among ham radio operators, the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) and the National Radio Retransmission League (NRRL) have
begun allocating band space for radio enthusiasts showing symptoms. “We are
trying to be proactive here,” says Husk Buckwalter, Head of Infectious Disease
Prevention and Card Checker for the NRRL. Citing that his work is typically
sanitizing microphones and straight keys at hamfests, he admits he is “a little
in over his head.”
Both the CDC and the NRRL admit that the risk of spread is very little
considering hams are solitary hobbyists that rarely socialize in-person.
However, they have begun testing different frequencies that should be safe for
ill hams.
Buckwalter notes, “We believe our best frequencies for containing Ebola will
be between 14.212-14.214 MHz.”
The CDC declined to comment directly, but in a news release urges hams to
please differentiate symptoms between “a heavy afternoon at the Golden Corral”
and “true illness” before confining themselves to radio quarantine.
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