Re: [Swprograms] Low-tech radios connect some Haitians - CNN.com

[David Goren <dbgoren@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think partly it may be that on the ground ham operators were already scarce in Haiti. I monitored the various disaster nets frequently in the first days after the quake, and with one possible exception, (a verification of a request for supplies) heard no contact with any hams in Haiti.

But I did note that in the news reports it was all about people using Twitter before their cellphone batteries died, no mention of the possibilities of radio communication.

On Jan 20, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> While I admit I haven't caught every word of every newscast since
> Haiti's 7.1 earthquake of last week, this story below was the first
> I'd seen regarding the role of amateur radio in Haiti.
> 
> I consider it unusual and, sadly, a sign of the times, that it took 8
> days for a news story on amateur radio to surface.
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/20/haiti.amateur.radio/index.html?hpt=C2
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