Greetings,

Today I received my copy of the latest issue of FOCUS, the Journal of the First Class CW Operators' Club.  It contained an interesting article by WA9AQN, which contains the material quoted below. I believe some of you may find it interesting, and that perhaps we may find some way to use it to further highlight the good works of amateur radio operators.

"Welles’ production, however, was not simply intended to be a repetition of the story of the mutiny, but to follow recent island history. In the year before the broadcast, 1938, rumors had spread of a typhoid outbreak on the island. Ships refused to stop to drop off food, supplies, or to render assistance to the 214 islanders whose future hung by a thread. Welles recounted the story in his broadcast. The only communications between Pitcairn Island and the rest of the world were by radio. The only local amateur was Andrew Young, VR6AY. Young searched the hf bands for help. Dorothy Hall, W2IXY in New York, had been a regular in his logbook for some time, and she took the message requesting food and medical supplies. Dorothy relayed the message and aid was finally dispatched. She was in the studio with Welles for his broadcast."

"You can listen to a recording of the Welles broadcast on YouTube, and If you want to skip the drama and go straight to ham radio, go to 47:38, which is immediately following a classic Campbell’s chicken soup commercial. Yum, just the thing to warm the innards when the band is cold ... Reprinted with permission of The K9YA Telegraph , originally published February 2017, Volume 14, Issue 2."

73, Bob W6RGG