An article in The Economist mentioned Ukrainian amateur radio operators’ contributions to the effort, see attached. BTW, some Polish operators set up WinLink nodes on 160, 80 & 40 meters specifically to help the Ukrainians communicate if widespread Internet outages occur. To some amazement, to date the Internet mostly has remained up and running in many places, as have mobile cellular systems. Who would have guessed? Dave K3ZJ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net> Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 2:22 PM To: "arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:33578] Fwd: amateur radio enthusiasts mentioned (this means you) A non-ham friend of mine sent this to me. It seems that EU hams are having fun listening in on the Russian troops using unsecured radio hardware. 73; Mike W7VO ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Robert Gross <robertwgross1@yahoo.com> To: Mike Ritz <mike.ritz1@gmail.com> Date: 03/30/2022 9:06 AM Subject: amateur radio enthusiasts mentioned (this means you) Russian troops’ tendency to talk on unsecured lines is proving costly - The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/27/russian-military-unsecured-communications/>