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Ham Radio Served as Main Link to Disaster Area

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fallback dept.

SonicSpike writes "A University of Central Florida ham radio operator K4VUD (and founder of their film program) was caught in Port Blair during the earthquake and following tsunami! He and a team of other ham radio operators arrived in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to setup the region's first ham station 2 weeks prior to the disaster. Once they realized what happened they immediately began transmitting for 20 straight hours using car batteries as a power source. Most cellular and land-line communication was down. His team became the main link to the rest of the world from the region."

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  1. A very interesting article! by The-Bus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow what a great article! It was nice to read more about HAM radio operators! This is a good way to bring HAM radio into the limelight again! I'm sure they saved many lives!

    (The submitter and I just had three shots of espresso!)

    See, if you take out the exclamation points, it doesn't sound so insincere.

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  2. Rule #2 about Ham Radios by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are not kosher.

  3. Send them guys some Bawls by agtorange · · Score: 2, Funny

    20hrs stright thats nuts let all pitch in and get them some bawls so they can go another few days non-stop.

  4. That sure beats... by h4ckintosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    my cell phone carrier

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    Oh well, what the hell