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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 19 2019 09:42 am
Amateur Radio Newsline 2164, for Friday, April 19, 2019
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2164, with a release date of
Friday, April 19, 2019, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. Radio responds as crisis hits a marathon. A
pioneering ham in space becomes a Silent Key -- and are you ready for
Marconi Day? All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Number
2164, comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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HAMS ASSIST IN EFFORTS TO AID STRICKEN MARATHONERS
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: We open this week's newscast with two reports that
remind us that ham radio saves lives -- and that sometimes ham radio
operators, even without their radios, help save lives. We hear first
from Paul Braun,A WD9GCO.
PAUL: As close to 1400 runners stepped off on April 6 for the
Springfield, Illinois, Half-Marathon, local hams assembled as a
support team for the event. Little did anyone know at the start of
the race that in less than two hours, seven runners would suffer a
range of medical issues. With the first reports of two stricken
runners on the route's north end, Rich Marx, KB9TZS, and Ryan Juhl,
KC9MHG, both EMTs, were sent to assist, along with Kevin Kesselring,
KC9IGM, an off-duty police chief. Nick Skaggs, N9BIG, also arrived to
provide aid. Both runners were sent to the hospital.
Jess Hunter, W9ABS, the event communications and operations team
coordinator, told Newsline in an email that in all, seven runners
were taken to the hospital. Three had been stricken near the finish
line. Craig Held, WX9CAH, an EMT, provided support in all three cases,
while HSHS Medical and ambulance crews aided the two others, one of
whom suffered cardiac arrest. The Med Tent medical staff, and Med Tent
Radio Operator Sunny Dahlquist, KB9LXQ, a registered nurse, handled a
number of other cases in that busy time period.
The event's medical director, Keri Snyder, later phoned Jess to tell
him [quote] "Your folks helped save some lives today."
Jess told Newsline that planning and professionalism made all the
difference for the team. [quote] "It is commonly said that amateur
radio operators are not first responders, but first responders can be
hams, and because of that, several people are alive today." [quote]
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Paul Braun, WD9GCO.
(JESS HUNTER W9ABS, ALAN TABOR N9MAF)
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AMATEUR AT THE READY, EVEN WITHOUT HIS RADIO
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: In Hawaii, meanwhile, one amateur radio operator was in
the right place at the right time -- his own home -- when disaster
struck. Here's Jason Daniels, VK2LAW, with those details.
JASON: An amateur radio operator, who was once a volunteer forest
firefighter, is being credited with quick thinking, after a neighbor's
house in Waipahu, erupted in flames earlier this month. Zeph MacNaughton,
N7WAP, told local media the smell of smoke awakened him in the early
morning hours of April 11th, and he ran to the house, pounding on the
door to get the occupants to evacuate. By the time 35 firefighters
arrived at the two-alarm blaze, Zeph had already begun hosing down the
burning house, as well as nearby homes. He remained on the scene until
the firefighting teams arrived. The Honolulu Fire Department said 15
people were displaced, and were assisted by the American Red Cross. No
major injuries were reported. The fire was extinguished by 3:15 a.m. The
Honolulu Fire Department captain told the Star-Advertiser newspaper that
the building did not have any working smoke alarms.
Zeph, an Extra class licensee, was treated by Emergency Medical Services
for smoke inhalation, but refused further treatment, according to the
Star-Advertiser. The report said his home was one of two that sustained
smoke damage.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jason Daniels, VK2LAW.
(HAWAII NEWS NOW, DARREN HOLBROOK KH6OWL)
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SILENT KEY: OWEN GARRIOTT W5LFL, WHO TOOK HAM RADIO INTO SPACE
STEPHEN/ANCHOR: The astronaut who helped usher in the era of ham radio
in space, has become a Silent Key. Kevin Trotman, N5PRE, has that report.
KEVIN: Owen K. Garriott, W5LFL, made the world's first amateur radio
contacts from space during his time aboard Spacelab-1, during a Space
Shuttle Columbia mission in 1983. The voice of the astronaut, an
electrical engineer, went out from his handheld radio, as hams listened
on 2 meters to the call sign W5LFL. It was a joy he later referred to as
"a pleasant pastime." His contacts eventually grew to include U.S. Sen.
Barry Goldwater, K7UGA, and King Hussein of Jordan, JY1. He also operated
from space on CW. His commitment to ham radio in space gave rise to SAREX -
the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment - which morphed later into ARISS. His
son, Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, became a private space tourist in 2008, and
also carried a radio into space.
Owen died Monday the 15th of April, at his Huntsville, Alabama home. The
Oklahoma native was 88.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Kevin Trotman, N5PRE.
