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      The ARRL Letter                                                            
      April 29, 2021                                                             
                                                                                 
        * Amateur Radio Credited with Rescue of Back-Country Hiker in             
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        * ARRL Awards Colvin Grant to 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition in 2023       
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      Amateur Radio Credited with Rescue of Back-Country Hiker in Tennessee      
                                                                                 
      A back-country hiker was rescued from Great Smoky Mountains National       
      Park with assistance from amateur radio after she became exhausted on      
      the trail and possibly dehydrated. A member of the hiking group on the     
      park's Little River Trail, Tim Luttrell, KA9EBJ, put out a call on the     
      evening of April 11 via the W4KEV linked VHF repeater in Gatlinburg,       
      Tennessee, requesting assistance in extricating the injured member. No     
      cell phone service was available at the location, and Luttrell's signal    
      was spotty at times, owing to the mountainous terrain.                     
                                                                                 
      Responding was David Manuel, W5DJR, who obtained more information and      
      called 911, which routed the call to Great Smoky Mountains National        
      Park Emergency Medical Service (GSMNP EMS). The national park EMS          
      relayed through Manuel a request for the group to continue down the        
      trail as far as possible to shorten the rescue time.                       
                                                                                 
      A medic with the Park Service search-and-rescue team subsequently          
      reached Manuel by telephone, who served to relay questions to Luttrell.    
      Manuel contacted members of the hiker's family after Luttrell provided     
      contact numbers. Manuel was asked to relay information for the family      
      to arrange to meet in Cherokee, North Carolina, and be prepared to         
      transport the distressed hiker's vehicle to her home.                      
                                                                                 
      Manuel got a call from Luttrell indicating "all clear" shortly after 2     
      AM.                                                                        
                                                                                 
      The injured hiker was hospitalized and required surgery and                
      rehabilitation. ARRL Tennessee Section Manager Dave Thomas, KM4NYI,        
      told ARRL that he'd learned another hiker in the same group was close      
      to hypothermia by the time they were rescued.                              
                                                                                 
      Thomas will recognize each of the radio amateurs involved in the rescue    
      with a Certificate of Merit during the ARRL Tennessee State Convention     
      in Knoxville on June 19. Read an expanded version.                         
      ARRL Awards Colvin Grant to 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition in 2023          
                                                                                 
      ARRL has awarded a Colvin Grant of $5,000 to the Intrepid-DX Group to      
      help in funding its 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island, scheduled for        
      January to February 2023. ARRL Life Member Paul Ewing, N6PSE, and ARRL     
      member Ken Opskar, LA7GIA, will share leadership for the 14-person         
      multinational team. A dependency of Norway, Bouvet is a sub-Antarctic      
      island in the South Atlantic. It is the second-most-wanted DXCC entity,    
      behind North Korea. The last Bouvet activation was 3Y0E in 2007 - 2008.    
      Ewing has said that the team began planning for the Bouvet DXpedition      
      on the heels of its successful 2016 VP8STI and VP8SGI efforts. The         
      announced budget for the 2023 DXpedition is $764,000. The Northern         
      California DX Foundation and the International DX Association are major    
      sponsors.                                                                  
                                                                                 
      The Colvin Award is funded by an endowment established by the legendary    
      DX couple Lloyd Colvin, W6KG, and Iris Colvin, W6QL, both now deceased.    
      The Colvin Award is intended to support amateur radio projects that        
      promote international goodwill in the field of DX. Grantees must be        
      groups with a favorable DX track record and with experience directly       
      related to the proposed enterprise.                                        
                                                                                 
      Ewing said in a recent interview that the 2016 VP8STI and VP8SGI           
      DXpedition provided perfect preparation for the Bouvet DXpedition that     
      lies ahead. A 2018 DXpedition to Bouvet by another team had to be          
      scuttled -- with Bouvet Island already in view -- after encountering       
      severe weather and an engine problem.                                      
                                                                                 
      The plan calls for spending 20 days on Bouvet with "14 to 16 good days     
      of radio activity." Ewing has called on the DX community for support in    
      achieving its mission of 100,000 or more contacts from Bouvet.             
                                                                                 
      Follow the Intrepid-DX Group's 3Y0J plans via Facebook. Visit the 3Y0J     
      website for more information and to make a donation.                       
                                                                                 
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