Subj : Re: "Hams to the Rescue A To : All From : Finnigann Date : Sat Sep 10 2005 08:09 am * Originally in: NEWSGroups Ham Radio VHF-UHF * Originally on: 09-10-05 00:33 * Originally by: Richard Clark * Originally to: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf,rec From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf On 9 Sep 2005 18:17:46 -0700, "an_old_friend" wrote: >> You should consider your choices made in informing yourself. > >Auf Anglish Bitte? All Things Considered, August 30, 2005 + While cell phones and other communication networks were demolished by Hurricane Katrina, a group of radio operators volunteering with the Red Cross have been instrumental in assistance and relief efforts. NORTH LITTLE ROCK - ... Temple is president of the Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Net. When Hurricane Katrina knocked over cell phone towers and utility lines, ham radio became a key communications tool. Temple says ham radio operators have acted as go-betweens for Louisiana hospitals needing help and Arkansas aid workers. Ham radio operators provide vital link after storm Thursday September 01, 2005 ROANOKE, Va. (AP) ... Then an urgent voice sliced through the static, clear as a bell. ``I have a diabetic, 80 years old, out of food and water for the last 24 hours,'' it said. An elderly woman from Bush, La., was stranded in her home after Hurricane Katrina and desperate for food and insulin. Somebody sent the message out over the air. Other voices picked up the call and it was relayed all across America until, with luck, it would reach a local rescue squad. Ham Radio Operators Rise to Occasion of Another Disaster BY CHUCK McCUTCHEON c.2005 Newhouse News Service Approximately 250 operators are in Louisiana working with the American Red Cross and state emergency response officials, with others waiting to enter the state when floodwaters recede .... Sept. 1, 2005 Local Woman Helping Hurricane Victims Via Ham Radio Aug 30, 2005, 08:00 PM A woman in central Indiana took control of one of the most powerful emergency networks anywhere to help those effected by Hurricane Katrina. Somehow, somewhere in the middle of all the hurricane mess, someone is broadcasting to the world probably operating on battery power and a makeshift antenna. Tuesday night, Indiana handled the call. For an hour, Peggy McNary took the post of "controller" of SATERN, Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network.... "A family called out on a cell phone, trapped in an attic. They got word to an amateur radio operator somehow just before they lost contact, SATERN was able to contact the Coast Guard and that family was rescued," she explained. The network claims a hand in dozens of Katrina rescues already and will operate until there is no need for more. Local ham-radio operators help rescue effort By Rocky Scott DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER Tallahassee ham-radio operators took part in the daring helicopter rescue Friday of about 1,500 patients and staff from two New Orleans hospitals besieged by darkness, dank water and gunfire. .... Looting and gunfire erupted and 100,000 stranded, scared residents became a force ready to spill into anarchy. Enter the Tallahassee Amateur Radio Club, Florida Division of Emergency Management and some old-fashioned ingenuity. State Emergency Management officials suggested Hall contact the local ham radio club to solve the communications dilemma. Urged by rapidly rising water - 8 feet deep in places - and the growing knowledge that New Orleans had become a drowning pool, the ham operators fashioned a satellite reception device atop an 8-story building in downtown Tallahassee. Then three of them - Theo Titus, Gene Floyd and Bill Schmidt - all boarded a helicopter in Tallahassee Wednesday and headed for New Orleans. Atop the garage at Tulane, they set up a generator-powered ham radio with a satellite uplink. By Tuesday afternoon, the choppers were up and running, and Hall and his co-workers in Tallahassee were able to give directions to pilots.... Reported by Justin Cavey Ham Radio Operators Invaluable in Times of Disaster Volunteer Ham Radio Operators to Receive Grant To Enhance Emergency Communications in Hurricane Region WASHINGTON, D.C. u The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced a supplemental grant of $100,000 to the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) to support volunteer emergency communication operators who are helping out in Gulf Coast states affected by Hurricane Katrina. "With the breakdown of regular communication channels caused by the storm, the services provided by volunteer ham radio operators is vitally important, both to organizations and to individuals seeking to connect with loved ones," said David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation. "WeAre pleased to be able to provide this extra assistance at this critical time." Ham radio operators play role in communication By TERESA RESSEL\Daily Journal Staff Writer Amateur (or ham) radio operators are playing a major role in communications in the states hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. The wind and rain hampered other means of communication, so it was estimated as of Wednesday that 250 Amateur Radio Emergency Service members have been working with relief organizations and emergency management agencies to assist with communication. Ham radio helps in emergencies Updated: 9/3/2005 11:30 AM By: Adam Shub, News 14 Carolina SHELBY, N.C. -- Amateur radio operators are banding together to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Ham radio provides a link between hurricane victims and loved ones in West Michigan (Grand Rapids, September 1, 2005, 8:06 a.m.) Getting in touch with anyone in the hurricane-stricken areas is almost impossible. Telephone poles and cell phone towers have been knocked down or washed away. The lack of power means no e-mail, either. But a group of people in West Michigan has a way to get through. Ham Radio Operators Provide Lifeline During Disaster Radio Operators Can Communicate In Stricken Areas POSTED: 5:51 pm EDT September 1, 2005 MEREDITH, N.H. .... ham radio operators from New Orleans to Utah coordinated the effort to guide a Coast Guard helicopter to rescue more than a dozen trapped people. As usual, ham radio operators help sustain wide-ranging relief efforts By Andrea Kelly ARIZONA DAILY STAR When all else fails, it's ham radio to the rescue. Across Arizona, ham radio operators are helping sustain Hurricane Katrina relief efforts by helping storm-torn communities communicate with rescue workers.... HAM radio operators reach out Some messages have been sent WJRT By Joel Doepker Saginaw - (09/01/05) .... In one case, a victim in New Orleans called a family member outside the area for help. That person then contacted an amateur radio operator who contacted rescue crews, who saved more than a dozen people from a rooftop. Relief Effort Many Pleas For Aid Go Out Rescue Teams and Clean Water Needed By Elizabeth Williamson Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 1, 2005; Page A21 ... "I was just a relay kind of station. The message got transmitted on into the Coast Guard, who handled the rescue," said Fillinger, 78, whose ham radio unit is based in his hilltop home in Portland, Ore. "By the evening, we got confirmation that the group had been rescued," including an 81-year-old woman that Fillinger knows only as Helen. Ham radio volunteers help re-establish communications after Katrina Some 700 operators are already at work, with more on the way News Story by Todd R. Weiss ... Many of the volunteers sprung into action even before the storm struck the Gulf Coast, broadcasting as part of a "Hurricane Watch-Net" three days before deadly Hurricane Katrina slammed into the coast on Aug. 29, Pitts said Ham radio operator tunes in to help victims By EDIE HALL The Kansas City Star ... Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Goll, 81, has been getting messages to agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the American Red Cross and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ham radio operators to the rescue after Katrina Amateur radio networks help victims of the hurricane By Gary Krakow Columnist MSNBC ... Such rescues were repeated over and over again. Another ham was part of the mix that same Monday when he heard over the same Salvation Army emergency network of a family of five trapped in an attic in Diamond Head, La. The family used a cell phone to call out. Bob Rathbone, AG4ZG, in Tampa, says he checked the address on a map and determined it was in an area struck by a storm surge. He called the Coast Guard search-and-rescue station in Clearwater, explained the situation and relayed the information. At this point, the Coast Guard office in New Orleans was out of commission. An hour later he received a return call from the South Haven SheriffAs Department in Louisiana, which informed him a rescue operation was under way. Another search-and-rescue operation involved two adults and a child stuck on a roof. The person was able to send a text message from a cell phone to a family member in Michigan. Once again, the Coast Guard handled the call. Ham radio operator tunes in to help victims By EDIE HALL The Kansas City Star ... he said. "I also got a message from a group of FEMA workers who were trapped on a bridge that was about to collapse and we got them out of there." ................... hopefully this is written in suitably understandable English. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC --- þ Synchronet þ Bits-N-Bytes BBS Onehellofa BBS bnb.dtdns.net .