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Radionews wrote:



RESCUE RADIO: VK HAM BRINGS BOAT TO PORT SAFELY - BY RADIO


A pair of Australian and American hams are credited with being a
lifeline to a storm damaged boat with six people on board. The
Australian was at his home QTHand the American was at sea on the
stricken ship. Q-News Robert Broomhead, VK3KRB, in Waverly,
Australia picks up the story from he


And another bunch of hams showing off by using their ham radios and
communication skills to help someone in distress, and someone even had
the audacity to report it. Lennyboy must really be ashamed of these hams.


http://www.qrz.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...ST&f=3&t=59811

An interesting situation. I was reading that last night.


my thoughts a

1. The ham op did well despite his embarrassment in having participated
in a false alarm.

2. Law enforcement and emergency people would have him react the same
way if the same situation cropped up again. His job was as a
communicator. It wasn't (or shouldn't be) his decision to report the
problem or not. Someone calls for help, then it gets reported. If
someone gave a false report to him then it becomes law enforcement's job
to take care of it at that point.

I say he did a good job.


Did you read the part in the thread about the guy that *couldn't* get a
ham to turn in an emergency call? Chilling.

- Mike KB3EIA -


I like the several replies that went something like ~~~ "with the
proliferation of cell phones..."