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<H1>Amateur Radio operators and Coast Guards worldwide co-operate to perform
Mayday rescue</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>At 03:00Z on the Saturday Pacific seafarers ham radio net,
controller <STRONG>Randy, KH6RC</STRONG> in his Ocean View, Hawaii radio shack,
received a relay from <STRONG>Patricia, ZL2RK</STRONG> aboard SV Chameleon, at
Aur Atoll in the Marshall Islands. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>She had contacted RCC New Zealand at 02:45z to declare a
MAYDAY for SV Windswept, a 62 foot trimaran. The trimaran had been dis-masted
[80ft mast] in the Marshall Islands. There were two people on board, husband and
wife, both in their 70's. They had communicated with SV Chameleon by marine SSB,
as they do not have a ham radio license. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The New Zealand Coast Guard declared the boat out of their
domain, and said they would forward the request to the US Coast
Guard.<BR><BR>Randy KH6RC on the Big island of Hawaii was requested to contact
RCC Honolulu to follow up with US Coast Guard.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana> At 03:20Z Randy called 808-535-3333 and confirmed
contact with New Zealand Coast Guard. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>They determined that the Australian patrol boat, LOMAX,
was in the area and could be deployed out of Majuro to locate the distressed
vessel, Windswept. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>At 21:20z Sunday, Randy received word from the US Coast
Guard in Honolulu, Hawaii that the Australian patrol boat Lomax had:<BR><BR>#1
located the distressed vessel Windswept<BR><BR>#2 Had performed engineering
assistance<BR><BR>#3 Was in the process of escorting distressed vessel Windswept
back to Majuro, Marshall Islands. <BR><BR>The crew on Windswept was able to set
up an emergency HF antenna to maintain an hourly schedule on frequency 8173 SSB.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>This greatly assisted the coast guards and radio operators
in locating them and providing assistance.<BR><BR>A special thanks goes out to
the coast guards of New Zealand, Australia, and United States of America for a
job well done. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Also to amateur radio operators worldwide for keeping
their ears open to those in need. <BR><BR>Aloooha, to Randy KH6RC and thanks to
Patricia, ZL2RK for a job well done. <BR><BR>Amateur radio works when other
communications methods are not up to the task.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>73,<BR><EM><STRONG>Terry,
K7FE</STRONG></EM></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>