ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamador apanhado na disputa das Ilhas Spratly entre a China e Filipinas

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Radio ham caught up in Spratlys dispute

A new Spratlys incident has delayed emergency evacuation of a sick
amateur radio enthusiast from Pag-asa

InterAksyon (TV5) say:

The emergency medical evacuation of a sick amateur radio enthusiast
from Pag-asa Island has been delayed for days after a Chinese naval
vessel reportedly harassed a Philippine Air Force patrol flight in the
Spratlys on Monday, forcing the cancellation of flights to the
disputed territory.

The incident would be the latest in a long string of run-ins over the
Spratlys, where China has embarked on an aggressive reclamation and
construction spree on disputed islets and reefs, and follows an April
13 incident where a Chinese coast guard vessel fired a water cannon on
Filipino fishermen in Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Scarborough
Shoal.

Leo Almazan, a member of the ham radio Mabuhay DX Group, which is
licensed by the National Telecommunications Commission and whose
members are of Filipino ancestry, told InterAksyon.com they had gone
to Pag-asa to set up an amateur radio operations and test a portable
solar power system in coordination with the Philippine Navy Research
and Development Center, as well as conduct a “mini medical mission,”
as one of the team members is a doctor from Batangas.

“We arrived April 17 and have been operating there since then,” he said.

The group’s call sign, DX0P, “is to tell not only the amateur radio
world but also the rest of the world that Pag-asa is sovereign
Philippine territory,” Almazan stressed.

Read the full story at
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/109278/new-spratlys-incident-delays-emergency-evacuation-of-sick-ham-radio-enthusiast-from-pag-asa

Al Jazeera: Ham Radio and Scarborough Reef
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/april/
al_jazeera_ham_radio_and_scarborough_reef.htm

Beijing cites Ham Radio in Scarborough Reef dispute
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2012/
beijing_cites_ham_radio_in_scarborough_reef_dispute.htm