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STATION.  IN THE PHILIPPINES, SUPER TYPHOON NOCK TEN LOCALLY NINA HAD MANY
RADIO AMATEURS RESPONDING TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE DISASTER.  SIX
LIVES WERE LOST, AND 380,000 RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED.  THE PHILIPPINES
AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATIONS HAM EMERGENCY RADIO OPERATIONS HERO NETWORK
ACTIVATED IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM.  BOTH HF AND VHF SYSTEMS WERE EMPLOYED,
AND NETWORK MEMBERS COMPILED DAMAGE REPORTS, RELAYING THEM TO AUTHORITIES
LISTENING ON THE HERO NET.  OCCASIONALLY, FIGURES EMERGE THAT SERVE AS
INSPIRATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE REGION AND, INDEED, THE WORLD.  REGION 3S
JIM LINTON, VK3PC SK, CHAIR OF THE REGIONS DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS
COMMITTEE, WAS CONSIDERED A TIRELESS WORKER FOR THE COMMON GOOD, AS IARU
SECRETARY DAVID SUMNER, K1ZZ, SAID.  LINTON WAS A LEADING SOURCE OF REPORTS
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