LOST AND FOUND: See 'Rescue in Miller Canyon,' in Spring 2011 CQ VHF magazine

          Disoriented and alone, a lost Arizona hiker is found with the help of a well-equipped and manned mobile communications unit, experienced search and rescue personnel and highly-skilled radio direction finders – all radio amateurs who feel at home in the field.
          CQ VHF magazine Homing In columnist Joe Moell, KØOV, writes in the Spring 2011 edition about the dramatic rescue of a hiker lost in inhospitable Miller Canyon, near Sierra Vista, Arizona. The U.S. Forest Service has oversight of the area.
          "It's easy to get lost in the Huachuca Mountains," Moell writes. Jeremy Hyde, KE7ENZ, "had just completed an overnight Boy Scout activity on Miller Peak," when he decided to return ahead of the rest of the group. He inadvertently followed the wrong trail and found himself hopelessly lost.
          Fortunately, 'ENZ had a Kenwood TH-K2AT handie-talkie with him. His call for help on the Cochise County Amateur Radio Association repeater sparked a remarkable demonstration of direction-finding skills - with the help of the county's mobile communications unit. Charles Campbell, K4AFN, said Hyde "helped the SAR (search and rescue) team determine that he was on the eastern slope of the mountain next to a fest-moving stream that was very loud. The dense brush and trees made it very difficult to move around. He could see Sierra Vista, but he was not able to provide any landmarks to determine a bearing."
          Cooperation and triangulation were the key words of the day as skilled Cochise County ARES®/RACES radio amateurs teamed to zero-in on Hyde's location for a rescue.
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