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Subj: Paul Harvey plugs ham radio's emergency communications role
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 082.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 23, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-082.03
Veteran ABC Radio Networks commentator Paul Harvey
on March 19 offered some kind words for Amateur
Radio. The mention was the second item on
"page four" of his Paul Harvey Noon News and
Comment program: "America's quiet warriors are
the legion of ham radio operators, 700,000 of
them, who are always at ready for backup duty
in emergencies--amateur, unpaid, uncelebrated,
civilian radio operators, during and after
floods and fires and tornadoes. After the 9/11
attacks, hams were indispensable in reuniting
friends and families. Most recently it was they
who expedited the search for debris after the
disaster to the space shuttle Columbia, and
right now, at this moment, they are involved in
homeland security to a greater degree than you
would want me to make public." The commentary's
enigmatic and mysterious final sentence --typical
of Harvey's habit of leaving his listeners hanging--
apparently refers to the fact that many Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and Radio Amateur
Emergency Service (RACES) teams have ramped up
their alert status as hostilities get under way
in the Middle East.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information.]
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