Amateur Radio Alive and Thriving in Audubon:

With a wave of his wrist, Rick Tighe sweeps across the dial. The wheel rolls over and oscillating frequencies whine, eventually settling into the sounds of voices. A little longer and the voices refine themselves into a conversation, already in progress, that anyone with the skills, technical capacity, and favorable weather conditions may join. Tighe is President of the Audubon Amateur Radio Club (AARC), founded in 2015 by the borough's Emergency Management Coordinator, the late Paul Price. The club provides education for newcomers -- getting an amateur radio license is the first bit of training it offers -- and is a member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the official national association for amateur radio operators. Under Price, it also found a role in emergency preparedness exercises with the Offices of Emergency Management (OEM) of the boroughs of Audubon and Barrington.

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