PHOTOS: Radio Days 2012

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The Mile High Radio Club held held its annual Radio Days over the weekend, June 23-24, 2012.

Bill Baker tends to the Ham radios, during the Mile High Radio Club’s RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) Radio Days over the weekend. The event was set up to familiarize people with the club. Photo by Barbara Reese
The Mile High Radio Club now has access to a large mobile command center. The trailer is equipped with ham radios, large screen monitors for satellite Internet access and is totally off the grid. In case of an emergency, this unit can be called in and set up as a communications command center when no other communication is available on the mountain. Photo by Barbara Reese

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