[HCRA] Fwd: [YCCC] Paul Harvey Plugs Ham Radio

Sun, 23 Mar 2003 15:40:09 +0000

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From: "Brian J Szewczyk" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [YCCC] Paul Harvey Plugs Ham Radio
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:34:26 -0500

RADIO COMMENTATOR PAUL HARVEY PLUGS HAM RADIO'S EMERGENCY
   COMMUNICATIONS ROLE

   Veteran ABC Radio Networks commentator Paul Harvey this week offered some
   kind words for Amateur Radio. The mention was the second item on "page
   four" of his March 19 Paul Harvey Noon News and Comment program.
   "America's quiet warriors are the legion of ham radio operators, 700,000
   of them, who are always at ready for backup duty in emergencies--amateur,
   unpaid, uncelebrated, civilian radio operators, during and after floods
   and fires and tornadoes," Harvey said. "After the 9/11 attacks, hams were
   indispensable in reuniting friends and families. Most recently it was 
they
   who expedited the search for debris after the disaster to the space
   shuttle Columbia, and right now, at this moment, they are involved in
   homeland security to a greater degree than you would want me to make
   public."

   The commentary's enigmatic and mysterious final sentence--typical of
   Harvey's habit of leaving his listeners hanging--apparently refers to the
   fact that many Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur
   Emergency Service (RACES) teams have ramped up their alert status as
   hostilities get under way in the Middle East.

   The entire Wednesday noon broadcast is available on Paul Harvey's Web 
site
   <http://www.paulharvey.com/>. Click on the Wednesday noon link under
   "Listen Now."

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