[SCCC] IT Journalist praises HAMs

[Michael Tope]

I heard you call in to Leo's "The Tech Guy" show on Saturday, Mark. You did
an excellent job representing ham radio and our side of the BPL issue. Leo 
had
good things to say about ham radio as well. Good work, Mark!!

73 de Mike, W4EF........................

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark West (W6MW)" <w6mw at arrl.net>
To: <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] IT Journalist praises HAMs


> Leo Laporte mentioned the topic and the good work that hams have done
> on his KFI Radio Show last Saturday afternoon.  He and John Dvorak
> are collegues and friends to that is where he got it.
>
> I called in to answer a question and we discussed BPL and its effects
> on radio reception too.  Waiting for him to post the show in audio form.
>
> Every little bit helps!
>
> 73 de Mark
> W6MW at arrl.net
>
>
> 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
>>     No-QRO Int'l #1,000,006
>>     . -..- - .-. .-   ".... . .- ...- -.--"
>>
>>p.s.  Here's a link to the on-line version...click on "V24N19"
>>       http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,1103,00.asp