> For many people in the state of Colorado, our fun begins where the pavement ends and a dirt road begins. Unfortunately, many of us lose cell phone signal well before we reach our destination. Because of situations like this, the Colorado Emergency Reporting Net was formed. CERN is a group of volunteer amateur radio operators with the goal of monitoring the Colorado Connection’s statewide repeater system 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in order to report any type of an emergency that is called into the net. Not every call a monitor receives is for an actual life or death emergency. Assistance can from range from a simple radio check to an emergency request requiring some form of professional assistance. Amateur radio operators are often called upon to help out with communications in local or state emergencies and natural disasters. https://co-cern.org/