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Radio Hams Fired Upon In Haiti

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January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology

Bruce Perens writes “A team of radio ham volunteers from the Dominican Republic visited Port-au-Prince to install VHF repeaters, only to be fired upon as they left the Dominican embassy. Two non-ham members of the party were hit, one severely. ARRL is sending equipment, and there is confusion as unfamiliar operators in government agencies join in on ham frequencies.”Read more of this story at Slashdot.   Read More

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