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AWAY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, BOB WILLIAMS, N7ODM, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, WAS
JUST TUNING AROUND ON 40 METERS, GIVING HIS RIG A TEST JUST BEFORE A
SCHEDULED QSO WITH HIS BROTHER RICH, K7URU, IN SPOKANE, WHEN HE HEARD A
FAINT CW SIGNAL AROUND 1 PM MDT GLENN RUSSELL RUBY JR, W7AU, OF CORVALLIS,
OREGON HAD BROKEN HIS LEG AND WAS USING A PORTABLE RADIO AND MORSE CODE TO
SEND OUT A CALL FOR HELP.  WILLIAMS SAID HE WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
INJURED MANS CODE EVEN WHEN HIS SIGNAL BECAME VERY WEAK.  HE CALLED ME.  HE
MUST HAVE HEARD ME TESTING OUT THE RADIO.  WHEN I FINISHED, I SIGNED OFF
WITH MY CALL, AND THEN I HEARD, N7ODM, THIS IS W7AU/7, SO I ANSWERED,
WILLIAMS TOLD THE ARRL.  I TOLD HIM TO GO AHEAD, I HAD SOLID COPY.  HE TOLD
ME THAT HE WAS A HIKER THAT HAD FALLEN AND BROKEN HIS LEG.  HE IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS RUSS, PROVIDED INFORMATION AS TO HIS GPS COORDINATES, THE
SHELTER, FOOD AND WATER ON HAND, AS WELL AS HIS DETAILED PHYSICAL
CONDITION.  HE TOLD ME EXACTLY WHO I NEEDED TO CONTACT FOR ASSISTANCE.  HAD
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Tulare Co ARC WA6BAI 255 2 7 1,168 SJV Yavapao ARC/ARES/RACES/ Verde Valley
ARA W7YRC 242 2 25 1,168 AZ Moreno Valley ARA AB6MV KC6FJC 216 2 13 1,164
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