Fascinating story, and I'm particularly impressed with all that Mr. Ruby was
able to do (with a broken leg) before even calling for help. This guy is
really cool under fire! He lives only about 60 miles from where we are now
finishing up our "summer residency" here on the Oregon coast. It would be
neat to meet him personally sometime and hear all the nitty gritty details
about his ordeal. I'm a little surprised though at how long it took for
help to arrive. I suppose they might have been hard pressed to get to him
before dark on the day of the accident, but armed with his GPS coordinates,
etc., it seems like they could have gotten there earlier the next morning.
Maybe a helicopter rescue was deemed unnecessary? I'd be worried about
someone with that kind of injury going into shock.
Anyway, this seems like good fodder for a K1 advertisement. It certainly
emphasizes many of the reasons why I consider HF QRP gear to be a priority
inclusion for backwoods outings like this. Cell phones and VHF/UHF gear
would very likely be useless in such locations. This is the kind of thing
you fantasize about--being able to put your ham radio skills to work to help
someone, or yourself, in distress! Well, I do anyway, and I admit it!
Hopefully Ruby will be given the opportunity to more fully detail this
experience in one of our ham journals. Since this info appeared on the ARRL
website, perhaps QST is already planning this. But if not, maybe our new
editor for QRP Quarterly will see fit to take the lead?
Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message -----
From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:48 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 Used in Montana Ham Rescue...
Check out the story at ARRL of how a K1 helped an amateur call for help
when he broke his leg hiking
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/09/23/10348/?nc=1
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