[TenTec] tenTec merger, etc.

[Stuart Rohre]

Eric and the group, the forerunner of ARES started back in the  30's 
when severe flooding hit the NE.  There were various floods like the the 
large flood in PA where hams helped with radio.

(It was WW I, not II when the Navy had some control of radio frequencies 
and did not want to relinquish its control to civilian and amateur 
groups.  That was when the League lobbied Congress to save some 
frequencies for hams.  The commercial interests and military were glad 
to give away the "useless" frequencies above 160M, as it was thought 
that longer range was achievable only at MF and below.  In the 20's, 
hams in USA and Europe proved that the Atlantic could be spanned by use 
of higher frequencies than used in WW I.)

Hartford, CT, and ARRL's then HQ, were taken out by a flood also.  That 
raised the awareness of the need for Emergency Communications, and the 
League later established W1AW, the Maxim Memorial station before WW II
to be a flagship station covering all ham spectrum.

Stuart Rohre
K5KVH