[ICOM] OT But nice!

[KENT HUFFORD]

Inside Track v24n19
ARTICLE DATE:  10.12.05

By John C. Dvorak 
The most overlooked participants in Katrina relief were the ham radio folks.
Bush should give them all medals.

Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, it was reported that over 100 Internet
networks were still down in Louisiana, as well as another dozen elsewhere
that had been in the path of the hurricane. So much for the notion that the
Web is impossible to kill. Hard to have an Internet with no power! WiMAX and
other solutions are useless, too, though I suppose a generator would be
useful for WiMAX. Whatever the case, the most overlooked participants in the
Katrina relief effort were the ham radio folks, who were doing whatever they
could as ad hoc emergency dispatchers, creating their own network within the
system. 

These dedicated persons pride themselves on their ability to do worldwide
communications under adverse conditions, and the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay
League) and its members, as well as others, were a big part of the aid
effort. Of course, since amateur radio is anything but trendy in today's
Xbox, gene-splicing world, there was zero coverage of its contribution in
the mainstream press, and these people are not the world's greatest
self-promoters. At least some of us are paying attention. Good work, guys!
Bush should be giving medals to you all. 

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of MikeR
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:12 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: [ICOM] OT But nice!


I just read a rave review in the lead paragraph of John C. Dvorak's 
column in the Nov. 8 issue of PC Magazine. He praised the efforts of 
hams in the wake of hurricane Katrina, and chided the media for not 
recognizing hams.
If you can, read it, and send a note of thanks to John at the magazine. 73,
Mike NF4L
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