Post by va3css on Apr 13, 2005 22:58:28 GMT -5
Link to Times Dispatch online
This is what Ham Radio is all about!
But as he was driving west on state Route 24 just past the town of Appomattox, he began to feel dizzy, faint and flushed. His heart was fluttering.
That's when he picked his ham-radio microphone and made a call for help.
Back in Richmond, Williams took down Wallace's medical contact information and tried to pinpoint his location. Three other hams -- Marie Long, Joseph "Tray" Murphy and Phil Davis -- got on their telephones and tried to reach state and local police in Appomattox and Buckingham counties. Another, Greg Curti, used large antennas at his Hanover County home to listen to Wallace's fading signal.
That's when he picked his ham-radio microphone and made a call for help.
Back in Richmond, Williams took down Wallace's medical contact information and tried to pinpoint his location. Three other hams -- Marie Long, Joseph "Tray" Murphy and Phil Davis -- got on their telephones and tried to reach state and local police in Appomattox and Buckingham counties. Another, Greg Curti, used large antennas at his Hanover County home to listen to Wallace's fading signal.
This is what Ham Radio is all about!
