Amateur Radio Features on BBC Radio and TV This has been a week where amateur radio has received some good publicity in the mass broadcast media. Firstly, 'Unsung Heroes', broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Saturday 4 September, was the story of the radio amateurs who provided vital communications when the World Trade Centre was attacked in New York on 9/11. The programme interviewed several amateurs who responded, and they told what they did on that fateful day. The programme highlighted the great advantages to a country of having an emergency amateur radio organisation. The American radio amateurs' actions were described as "quietly professional" and "life-saving" and the amateurs were described as "public-spirited heroes."
Later in the week was a piece on the 'In Touch' programme about young blind Foundation licensees. As with 'Unsung Heroes', this was a wholly complimentary piece which treated amateur radio most sympathetically. You can listen to both of these programmes on the Internet. Go to bbc.co.uk and follow the "Listen to shows you've missed" links. Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI, Retired Administrator http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org K2/100 S#3075 KX1 S# 57 Member: ARRL, RSGB, RCA, WERA and ORC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
