Q posted Nellie Ohr testimony earlier today
https://dougcollins.house.gov/nellieohr
She was asked about the ham radio
Pages 87-90
Q Okay. I want to jump — I don’t know if this is jump
back or jump ahead. I don’t think this issue has been addressed.
Do you have, or are you familiar with, a shortwave radio or a Ham
radio?
A I own a Ham radio.
Q And you own it for what purpose?
A Emergency communication in case of a storm, that sort of
thing. If the cell towers go out, uh-huh.
Q How long have you had a Ham radio?
A Well, I bought it shortly after I got my Ham license and
I got — yeah, I — I — I am guessing it is 2015, but I don’t
remember exactly. It was — you know, in 2014, I was
underemployed, and I had some time, and I took a citizens
emergency — community emergency response team training. And, you
know, it was just something sponsored by the DHS and the local
fire department, you know, taught these courses and then they
said, hey, if you are going to be helping with community response
in case of an emergency, why don’t we have — you know, some
people take Ham radio lessons in case the communications towers go
out. And so I took the Ham radio class. I passed the test.
Q That is a difficult test, isn’t it or —
A Sixteen questions, something like that. I squeaked past
it.
Q And are there different levels of licensure?
A There are. I was the lowest level.
Q Do you have any desire to reach a higher level for your
purposes?
A No.
Q So your obtaining of a radio, and your taking the class,
and your sitting for the exam and ultimately passing and receiving
the license, it had nothing to do with your employment at Fusion GPS?
A It was well before.
Q Well before?
A Yeah.
Q And it was — you had time on your hands, something to
do — was this something you were always interested in doing and
this is an opportunity that you had to pursue it?
A I saw an ad for the community emergency response
training, and I thought, now is a good time for me to do it since
I have a little bit of time.
Q Have you ever communicated with anyone in Russia using
your Ham radio?
A No.
Mr. Somers. Did you monitor any broadcasts from Russia using
the Ham radio?
Ms. Ohr. No.
BY MR. BAKER:
Q You indicated that most of your work for Fusion GPS was
done from home?
A Yes.
Q Did you ever have occasion to visit a brick-and-mortar
office where Glenn Simpson had facilities?
A Yes.
Q And how often would that be?
A Once every several weeks, probably.
Q What was the — what kind of office was it? Was it in a
commercial building? Is it in a residence? Your description of
the facilities where the official office was?
A I mean, I guess they rented space in a building. I am
not sure if anyone lives there or not.
Q So commercial or —
A I guess. I don’t really know what you mean by
commercial building. It is not like a huge, you know, faceless
commercial building.
Q Was it a private residence —
A No.
Q — where there was an office set up in?
A No. It was — it was a building where people rented
offices —
Q Oh, okay.
A — as I understand it. People — yeah.
Q And when you would go into this building or this
particular office, was there anything in there that would make you
think the general tone of the owners of the office, or the
atmosphere of the people that worked at that facility, was
anti-Trump or anti-anything, or was it neutral, or —
A I mean, they have been involved in projects that have
been partisan, and, so, you know, they may have been involved in
projects that might tend to favor one or the other. My impression
was that they took on a variety of projects.
She only had a Technician license?
That means she was limited to essentially VHF (line of sight) and 10m (HF, but a really tough band to work).
ok thanks... the media did not seem to focus much on this aspect...
if this testimony is true and correct regarding the ham radio, then Q’s surmise in #1435;all is a nothingburger... or what am i missing? (perhaps i am missing a lot, dunno)