[SCCC] IT Journalist praises HAMs

[Dennis Vernacchia]

I had seen this article but unfortunately most of the general public does not
read PC Magazine....


We need more articles like this in the New York times and Washington post etc !


At 11:12 AM 10/27/2005, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Sorry if it's slightly off topic, but I read something this past weekend
>that deserves mentioning.
>
>On page 93 in the November 8, 2005 issue of PC Magazine, John C. Dvorak lead
>his "Inside Track" article with a kudos for all the HAMs out there that
>helped out in the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.  A full 1/4 of this
>regular column was dedicated to this.  Also, the highlighted byline is "The
>most overlooked participants in Katrina relief were the ham radio folks.
>Bush should give them all medals."
>
>Not often are HAMs mentioned in the media...even less often is when HAMs are
>praised in the media as most "news worthy" items are typically how a HAM is
>lowering property values by raising an antenna support structure.
>
>On a side note, this issue also covers "20 Years of Windows" and has a
>timeline that covers a lot of the IT innoventions that have occured since
>the first version of Microsoft Windows came out.  Probably the best issue of
>PC Magazine to come out in quite a while.
>
>73 all,
>
>   - Aaron Hsu, NN6O (ex-KD6DAE)
>     {nn6o}@arrl.net
>     {athsu}@nbcuni.com
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>p.s.  Here's a link to the on-line version...click on "V24N19"
>       http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,1103,00.asp
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