"The Beeb" to air program on Amateur Radio and 9/11

American Radio Relay League ^ | 1 Sep 2004

[Denver Ditdat]

BBC Radio 4 this weekend will air a documentary on Amateur Radio's involvement in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The half-hour program, "Unsung Heroes," will be broadcast Saturday, September 4, at 1030 UTC. It will remain available on the BBC's archives for one month after that. "Through moving interviews, sensitive use of ham radio transmissions and some harrowing accounts, 'Unsung Heroes' reveals the little-known story of the 9/11 ham radio operators who provided vital communication networks for the rescue agencies," the BBC program listing says. "Hams, often mocked for their obsessive hobby, believe that September 11th became Amateur Radio's finest hour. Stephen Evans, the BBC's North American Business Correspondent, witnessed the attacks that day and meets with ham operators who witnessed the terrorist attacks or lost friends and relatives on September 11th and still helped to support the search-and-rescue operation." Mark Phillips, KC2ENI/G7LTT, says the program, produced by Kate Bissell, features N2NOV, KF2EO, KE2UN AB2IZ, "and a whole host of others," including himself. It was recorded during the last week of June. The program also be available in MP3 format on Phillips' Web site starting September 4.

[Denver Ditdat]

I don't usually care for the BBC, but this could be interesting.

[Denver Ditdat]

Ham Radio Ping List

[bankwalker]

Stune your beebers.

[chuknospam]

Cool! From 4 land.

[Vic3O3]

ham ping!

[SierraWasp]

Dit, dit, dit, dah from an inactive ham!!! Fine business OM!!! No religion or politics y'know... Hi Hi (smirk)!!!

[SierraWasp]

How come I ain't on that there list???

[Constitution Day]

LOL

[TonyInOhio]

Thanks for the Heads up!

Add me to your Ping List if'n I'm not on it now. TNX!

73,

Tony

[Professional Engineer]

DA DI DAH

[Tarantulas]

I wonder how we could get the US press to run stories on amateur radio.

I also wonder how I could get added to the ham radio ping list.

- Harold W7DPS

[Denver Ditdat]

Whoops - I posted this from work and inadvertently used an outdated version of the ping list. You're all on the latest list.

Apologies and 73, KØVJ

[Denver Ditdat]

Cool! From 4 land.

I'm an ex-4 lander myself. Used to be AC4XZ. I'd probably be boarding up windows if I still lived in the old QTH.

[freedumb2003]

"I'm Dr. Beeber and I approved this thread."

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Chemist_Geek]

I wonder how we could get the US press to run stories on amateur radio.

Local papers sometimes do. I think there's a monthly list of the stories in QST.

[ConservativeByChoice]

Thanks for posting this.

cbc

[Moose4]

I wonder how we could get the US press to run stories on amateur radio.

"A white right-wing male Christian conservative amateur radio operator went on a sniper spree downtown today..."

I think that's probably the only way.

}:-)4

[TechJunkYard]

Dahdahdidah dididit dah.

[EchoLane]

Hi...please add me to your ping list

(Thanks TechJunkYard) :-)