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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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   ARRL continues to have employment openings for energetic and motivated  
   professionals with a passion for ham radio. Positions, which include    
   full-time employment at ARRL Headquarters in Connecticut, and           
   consulting or contract opportunities, are posted at                     

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