ness check-ins, needed supply spreadsheets, images of damaged infrastructures and GPS positional data. Using special software called Winlink Express, people can write an email just as they normally would. It becomes a radio signal by converting the message into data that the ham radio can send over the air. The ham radio must be turned on. It then travels to a gateway station and the radio transmits

census. California is using the power of the voters to approve emergency maps. The LW Democratic Club’s canvassing teams have already begun to spread the word. For canvasing information, email Jane Brittingham janebrittingham51@gmail.com or Kathy Moran at kmoran97@yahoo.com. Bev Bender is the chair of Voter Education and has scheduled the next session for Nov. 12, in Clubhouse 3, Room 3, from