Thank you Paul. I appreciated hearing it first hand. I am glad he and his family are all okay. Hoping for the best for all those that experienced it. Thanks Gerald- KC6CNN On Feb 18, 2013 11:26 AM, "Richard Fjeld" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow, I remember the call UK9AAN well as I have his card from May 1976. I > worked him QRP using 2 watts SSB with a TenTec Argonaut on 20 meters no > less. Here is the best part; it was a pile-up and I only gave him one call. > I had just installed the rig. Man, was I elated. Thank you for that > information. > > Rich, n0ce (but not back then) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul VanOveren > To: elecraft reflector > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 5:51 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] Meteor explosion in Chelyabinsk, Russia > > > Many on this reflector may know Willy, UA9BA, (UK9AAN) (UP2L) He is > probably one of the most well known Russian hams..He and I have been > friends since 1977. Here is the return email I received from him > regarding > his > Vladimir Umanets > Feb 16 (2 days ago) > to Paul > Hey buddy!!! > > Yes we're ALL fine! > > I was at my office with window jalousie closed. The windows are looking > North. > The meteor exploded about 20km South of Chelyabinsk and 50 km high. So > the > explosion couldn't > be seen from my windows. Nevertheless it was like this - it started > getting > brighter and brighter in my office > for about 1,5 second then it got very bright for maybe ,5 second, so > bright that I almost got blind for a moment and then > the light quickly disappeard. I was asking myself what could that be and > thought of a nuclear explosion and waited for two minutes > if anything else would follow, but nothing happened. But in one more > minute > this horroble very long and loud crashing sound came! > The whole building was quaking with this sound and I clearly felt that > the > sound and the force came from the above. We all were > ordered to leave the building and when we came out we saw this two line > trace turning into one line trace with junction point just > above our heads and little bit to the South. This cloud was very big and > it > seemed in very close proximity even though it turned out > to be over 50 km away. I looked around and found out that lots and lots > of > windows were broken. The ambulances started coming in > and I saw many people were injured and bleeding some couldn't walk by > themselves. It was a very frustrating expirience and many > people are still under shock. Even I go over and over those moments and > don't feel normal, still kind of excited or something. > I don't know what frightened me more the spectacular light, or the hit > wave, or those bleeding people. All this happened on Friday > morning at the plant I work for. The plant loss is estimated at 85 000 > 000 > R which is en equivl. of 1.5 month salory of our 1900 > employees. The plant lost about 25000 sq.m of windows, over 50 doors, > lots > of equipment (measuring, PCs and so on). > This was the day I will remember till my last day. My family is OK. My > house (42 km South of Chelyabinsk) lost its windows and that was > the only damage to my family. By the way, this explosion woke up my 81 > year > old mother with its spectacular light. She lives in Troitsk > 136 km South of Chelyabinsk. The hit wave came 6+ minutes later and was > very strong as mother said. > > That's how it was. I now feel like I trust in God more and more... > > 73's & GL, Willy UA9BA > > l > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
