War Emergency Radio Service
- War Emergency Radio Service
The War Emergency Radio Service (WERS) was a precursor to the civil defense and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service systems in the United States.
At the start of the Second World War the United States Congress had suspended all amateur radio activity throughout the country[cite web |publisher=ARRL|url=http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2002/01/22/1/|title=A Nonagenarian's Ham Shack] . WERS was established by the Federal Communications Commission in June of 1942 at the insistence of the American Radio Relay League][cite web |publisher=BOATANCHORS archives|url=http://listserv.tempe.gov/admin/WA.EXE?A2=ind9807&L=boatanchors&F=P&P=13471 |title=War Emergency Radio Service (WERS) - Jeffrey Herman] . WERS would remain in operation in through the end of the Second World War in 1945][cite web |publisher=Ham-Shack.com archives|url=http://www.ham-shack.com/history30.html|title=The History of Amateur Radio] . ]WERS was to provide communications in connection with air raid protection, and communications during times of natural disaster.[cite web |publisher=BOATANCHORS archives|url=http://listserv.tempe.gov/admin/WA.EXE?A2=ind9807&L=boatanchors&F=P&P=13471 |title=War Emergency Radio Service (WERS) - Jeffrey Herman] WERS licenses were given to communities and not individuals. One of the requirements for individuals to participate in the WERS was to hold an Amateur radio license. ]Frequency Bands
*2½ Meters - 112-116 MHz
*1¼ Meters - 219-225 MHz
ee also
*Amateur Radio Emergency Service
*Amateur radio emergency communications
*Amateur radio operator
*Amateur radio station
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