Tuesday, September 23, 2008

HeraldNet: Hiker safe with help of ham radio

HeraldNet: Hiker safe with help of ham radio: "A series of dots and dashes bouncing off the ionosphere Sunday helped save a hiker stranded on Buck Creek Pass east of Glacier Peak.

The hiker who broke his leg used a low-voltage portable radio and Morse code to send out a call to help.

Six hundred miles away in Bozeman, Mont., Robert Williams was testing his ham radio Sunday when he heard the call signal, 'W-7-A-U.'"

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