Ham radio repeater connects lost hiker with help
BELMONT, NH — Off trail, after sundown, as the temperature and snowflakes are falling, and with a dead cellphone, it seemed that all factors were against a local man in the woods Sunday evening. Yet he was safely home by the end of his ordeal, and was able to communicate with his wife and emergency services via his amateur radio skills.
How two amateur radio enthusiasts secretly passed soldiers’ ‘I am safe’ messages during Falklands War
At the height of the Falklands war, the unlikely friendship of two amateur radio enthusiasts 8,000 miles apart allowed more than 50 soldiers the opportunity to get messages home to their loved ones.
Bob McLeod, a ham radio operator, made history when he broke the news to the world that the Falklands had been invaded but, in doing so, he had also drawn the attention of the Argentines, who were quick to confiscate his equipment.
Ham radio operators get their message out
Amateur radio volunteers set up temporary operations from forecasting headquarters and made contacts with other stations to demonstrate their readiness to operate in emergency conditions and act as observers for the weather service.
Locally, operations were conducted at the NWS office in Oxnard. Volunteers set up six stations on different radio frequencies and operated through the day under simulated emergency conditions.
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