ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores voltam a usar links em Morse depois dos Furacões nas Caraibas

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Radio ham provided Morse link after hurricane

The Miami Herald reports *Chet Hogue N3BK* used amateur radio to link to
the outside world when hurricane Irma knocked out phones and Wi-Fi in the
Florida Keys

It’s like something out of a war story from the past — a man sends Morse
code messages to let people know he’s alive in the worst of times.

It wasn’t years ago though. It was just under a month ago, Sept. 11, the
day after Category 4 Hurricane Irma passed over the Florida Keys and wiped
out most forms of communication with the outside world.

But there was one method to get information out that worked every time: Ham
radio.

A message from a Big Pine Key man to his girlfriend, who evacuated with
their young daughter and was waiting to hear how he weathered the storm,
was one of about 80 sent out over the airwaves by ham radio enthusiast Chet
Hogue in the days following Irma’s destruction. He sent messages all over
the world from the Lower Keys using his ham radio, and those messages were
relayed to friends and loved ones of people in the Keys who had no way to
communicate.

Read the full story at
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article177639671.html

What is Amateur Radio?
http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio

Find an amateur radio training course near you
https://thersgb.org/services/coursefinder/
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