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Radio Ham saves sailors.. from 200km awayAn amateur radio operator from Comboyne, Australia has saved the lives of two men battling treacherous five-metre seas during a day-long Good Friday ordeal in the Pacific Ocean. Bob Wilson and Mike Ross are now safe after their calls for help were heard by 62-year-old Harold Ralston – a radio ham for the past 30 years – who was working in his shed when he heard the call. The propeller on the 14m long vessel, Manunda, broke and forced against the rudder when they struck rough seas 75 nautical miles south-east of Port Macquarie. Drifting helplessly without power or steering and being hammered by 40 knot winds, they were out of radio range, until Mr. Ralston on the Comboyne plateau heard them. “Because I’m 600m above sea level, I get a greater range,” Harold said later. Being 200km away, he kept in touch with the boat and alerted rescue authorities
Source: Radio Bulgaria
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