[hispanarepublicana]

I'd wondered why we weren't hearing anything about ham radio operators.

[Spktyr]

Ham radio operators are NOT reporting any jamming in NO. You can check with SATERN in the area, that's the SA's ham radio network, which is set up in the area.

[daybreakcoming]

Headline News - Top Stories Ham Radio Operators Pitch In To Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort General Interest 09/07/2005 With communications out all over New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the professionals are turning to amateurs to be their ears to what's going on in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Local operators say they've been in touch with people in and around New Orleans since the beginning of the ordeal. Ed McLaughlin, of Kennewick, says in the days that followed the disaster, he was able to help a family in Medford, Ore., get an update on how their relatives were. He's provided similar contact for a family in Chicago. The reason-- ham radio, which is able to get in places that have no other means for communication when land-based infrastructure fails. Ham radio has been such a success during these recent days that FEMA and the Red Cross are now using it as their primary mode for communication until other modes of communication are restored.