Radio Free Belfast (Maine) Maine’s city of Belfast did not play a part in bringing down the Berlin wall (as the title suggests).  However early radio experiments conducted there in the 1920’s by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) did contribute to advancements in radio technology.  My research started in May 2003, and it is […]

Should a major disaster strike midcoast or other parts of Maine rendering normal communications  or degraded, there is a cadre of “amateur” radio operators that can respond and fill in gap until the communications crisis is over. The term “amateur” refers not to a lack of formal training and subpar performance, but to the fact […]

  Waldo County Emergency Management Agency, led by Director Dale Rowley, held a multi-agency mass casualty exercise on July 19 at Thorndike High School. The scenario involved an “active shooter” with multiple deaths and injuries. Waldo County ARES/RACES was tasked with relaying information from the scene in Thorndike  back to the Emergency Operations Center in […]