TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - When all else fails: 21st century Amateur Radio as an emergency communications medium
JO  - Transfusion and apheresis science
A1  - Nollet, Kenneth E.
A1  - Ohto, Hitoshi
SP  - 422
EP  - 427
VL  - 49
IS  - 3
N2  - Twenty-first century demand for radio spectrum continues to increase with the explosive growth of wireless devices, but authorities reserve slices of the spectrum for licensed Amateur Radio operators, recognizing their value to the public, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications. Blood banking and transfusion medicine are among the specialties that should also recognize the value of Amateur Radio as an emergency communications medium, because blood collection, testing, processing, storage, and transfusion are life-saving activities that in modern times can be separated by considerable distance.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1473-0502
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2013.08.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -