Kudos to the legion of Ham operators, who have provided so much public support in times of need and disaster, even to the present day when floods, earthquakes, etc. destroy the infrastructure needed to support cell phones, internet, and media broadcasts. When our family spent four years in Europe in the '50s, phone was erratic and expensive. Our only contact with stateside family was the MARS station patching phone links to a helpful Ham near our contact. When Dad had an unaccompanied year tour to Eniwetok for H-bomb tests, those Ham patches kept us in touch.
-----Original Message----- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Apr 8, 2024 10:56 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [RH] Way, way off topic ... on our own Gene Ingram
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While many of us will be enjoying a full or partial eclipse of the sun, our own Gene Ingram will be joining a group of ham radio operators to establish radio contacts and communications.? Information gathered from these communications will ultimately allow a research community to document how a solar eclipse affects the ionosphere and radio communications (it is the ionosphere that provides the ¡°bounce¡± for radio signals).? ?