Amateur radio operators continue to play a vital role in supplying communications during emergency situations.
Members of the Ashland Area Amateur Radio Club gathered in the Emergency Operations Center at the Ashland County Sheriff's Office in taking part in the hazardous materials and severe weather functional exercise.
Amateur radio operator Jeff Hardman says amateur radio operators are only amateur in the sense they're not paid for their services and are strictly volunteers.
But he says they consider themselves professional amateur radio operators.
