[SFDXA] EU Crisis Response Commissioner: Ham Radio is 'Last Technical Miracle'

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT:

http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/10/eucrisis-response-commissioner-ham.html

EU Crisis Response Commissioner:
Ham Radio is 'Last Technical Miracle'
<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LsSmswoqSA8/VDvv8wVePoI/AAAAAAAABm8/25seH4b1XfA/s1600/Commissioner.jpg>The 
European Community's Commissioner for International Cooperation, 
Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response says radio amateurs are "the eyes 
and the ears of the world in time(s) when all other information channels 
are silent," and that when hams work together "in a Union," they are "a 
communication superpower in times of total electronic darkness." 
According to the /ARRL Letter, /the comments of *Kristalina Georgieva 
(pictured left)* comments were delivered on her behalf to the general 
conference of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1, held in 
Bulgaria in September. IARU Region 1 covers Europe, Africa and the 
Middle East. "In short," her statement added, "you are the last 
technical miracle, which is an independent, reliable information 
channel, which can transmit an important piece of news from any place in 
the world, anytime, by anyone who knows how to operate this wonderful 
creature, called radio."
Her remarks echo the opinions of her U.S. counterpart, FEMA 
Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ /*(see interview, October 2014 CQ).*/ 
The ARRL says Fugate's keynote address to the League's centennial 
convention banquet is now available on YouTube. The link is at 
<http://bit.ly/1vWYKhx>.


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