To The Rescue: SoCal Couple Honored for Rescue

 

CQ Amateur Radio magazine's  March 2010 Public Service column features a story by Richard Fisher, KI6SN, chronicling the heroic efforts of a Southern California couple in helping save the life of a severely injured hiker on Catalina Island.

Deborah Ava, KJ6CRZ, and Karl Tso, KI6PCW, of Topanga, CA, were honored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for their life-saving efforts in the life-saving rescue of the 59-year-old man. The duo used 2-meter FM repeater communications to summon help. (Photographs courtesy of KI6PCW)

 

Using an ICOM IC-92AD VHF/UHF handi-talkie, KI6PCW was able to get assistance in contacting authorities from Scott Bastian, KD6QZX, of Fullerton; and Joyce Wood, KD6HYO, of Costa Mesa on the Southern California mainland. They worked together to assure emergency agencies were notified and on the way to help the severely injured Catalina hiker.

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