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March 12th 05, 11:03 PM

bb wrote:

wrote:

Ever read the book "Radio Rescue"? True story:

Back in the early 1920s, a young boy in New York City became
the youngest ham in the country, being licensed at 10 or 11
years of age. He and his ham station were instrumental in
emergency communications during a Florida hurricane - all before
he was 14.

Len would have forbid him from getting a license.

There is no law that forbids anyone the use of amateur radio in a life
or death emergency.

That's right, "bb". All the guy would have to have done would be to
quickly learn to send and receive morse code and put together or find
some radio equipment and learn to use it--all very straightforward.

Dave K8MN