[SADXA] Short Movie about Ham Radio

[Wes]

I was on the receiving end of an actual SOS.  I was tuning 30-meters, which was 
pretty dead, looking for beacons when I heard an SOS call from VY0X.

I wrote this to a friend at the time:

    "On another radio note, I was tuning 30-meters last night and actually heard
    an SOS call.  VY0V is a call used by some folks to go to E. Pen Island (rare
    IOTA) and he (or she) was calling for help.  There is sort of a diary of
    their earlier trials and tribulations on QRZ. http://www.qrz.com/db/vy0v

    Conditions weren't very good between us so I wasn't about to try to call
    them unless no one else did. Eventually VE7DP, made contact with him and
    then VE7XF joined in.  VE7XF seemed to have the better path and the gist of
    the traffic was that they were out of water, gas and were very cold.  As
    time passed, condx got worse and W5GAI joined in as a relay station.  He and
    VE7XF QSY to 7009 to pass some info and thenW5GAI went back to 10107.5 to
    relay.  The rescuers were requesting that VY0V be prepared to shine a light
    toward land, by that I assume mainland.  When asked if they were hurt, I did
    hear him reply, "No."

    As of 1200Z today W5GAI is posting on the Internet spots that help will
    arrive in one hour per the Ontario Police communications center.

    I'm sure this will be in the amateur radio press when it's all over.
    Hopefully with a happy ending."


There was a QST article about it. Search the archives for Oct 2010.

Wes  N7WS

On 5/18/2019 3:40 AM, Richard Schmidt wrote:
> I watched the film. Very well done and fun to watch. I suspect we all know the feeling you get when you know you need to leave your radio but the intensity of things often compel you to stay. Always an interesting internal tug-of-war. Thanks for finding the film and sharing it Ron.
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>> On May 17, 2019, at 7:27 PM, Ron Jones <K7RJ at COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the heads up, Dave.   I found a YouTube video of what is probably
>> the same program at:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdXstGrXO04
>>
>> It lasts about 10 minutes.
>>
>> Listen to the code in the background during the documentary, it is sent
>> correctly. It isn't just a bunch of beeps that sound like code. Even though
>> the production quality is dated, they do take time to get the details
>> correct.
>>
>>
>> Ron K7RJ
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sadxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of w7aqk
>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 2:28 PM
>> To: Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector
>> Subject: [SADXA] Short Movie about Ham Radio
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Most of us are probably old enough to remember the "Pete Smith Specials"
>> that were shown frequently in movie houses back around the 50's, and I think
>>
>> the 40's too.  Anyway, today on Turner Classic Movies, at just a few minutes
>>
>> after 5 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, there is going to be one of Pete
>> Smith's crazy short subjects, this time apparently about ham radio!!!  It
>> will probably be pretty "corny", but maybe you'll want to watch it anyway.
>>
>> Dave W7AQK
>>
>>