UCF Ham Radio operator served as main link in tsunami disaster
This was reported a while ago, but I still think it’s damn neat….(My wife Christine, her sister Susan and I are all UCF alums)
“A University of Central Florida ham radio operator K4VUD (and founder of their film program) was caught in Port Blair during the earthquake and following tsunami! He and a team of other ham radio operators arrived in the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands to setup the region’s first ham station 2 weeks prior to the disaster. Once they realized what happened they immediately began transmitting for 20 straight hours using car batteries as a power source. Most cellular and land-line communication was down. His team became the main link to the rest of the world from the region.”
(Link & Text courtesy of Slashdot)
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