EchoLink saves British ham's life

Echolink has helped to save the life of a United Kingdom ham radio operator. This, according to a posting on the QRZ.com webisite which describes the recent incident in detail.

It began on December 29th when Reg Rapson, KC8YCZ, in Deckerville Michigan and Stephen Smith, WA4VWV, of Pawcatuck, Connecticut received an urgent relay over the Missing Lynk Echolink interconnect from J. E. Caldwell,
G4WDI that simply said 'Help.'

It seems that Caldwell was suffering a heart attack while talking on the radio from his home .

KC8YCZ says that the group had the paramedics dispatched to G4WDI's QTH. Several operators on Missing Lynk who were located in Indiana, Arizona and Washington were directly involved with the rescue.

Late word is that G4WDI is recovering nicely from the ordeal.

Source: QRZ.com, AR Newsline