Major Pat Mc Pherson is the National Director of SATERN, Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network. SATERN volunteers are ham radio operators communicating worldwide to assist in times of disaster. In June 1988, McPherson, with the help of Art Evans, organized SATERN with three ham operators. Today, besides operating in the U.S., SATERN has links to the United Nations and Western Europe and operates in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Russia, the former Czechoslovakia and other countries.

Host: Norris Beren
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