[ICOM] OT But nice!

[MikeR]

Thanks, Kent.
73,
Mike NF4L
KENT HUFFORD wrote:

>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. 
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:12 PM
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>Subject: [ICOM] OT But nice!
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>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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