Pilman About 17 hours after Penny Brehman was reported missing, came the news everyone was hoping for. She had walked out of the park and flagged down a passing freight train. The engineer picked Brehman up and dropped her off near a local police department. That brought to an end one of the biggest searches in the park's history. One in which amateur radio operators were counted on for assistance.
Amateur radio is valuable to park officials during emergencies for another reason, too.
Pilman says that even with park rangers having their own repeater on one of the park's mountains, hams have better communications capability in the park than the police do. The Eau Claire, WI Amateur Radio Club. And one of our faithful supporters Col. John Bash, KG7HL of Tucson. The Amateur Radio Club El Cajon. Remember the clubs that support us repeater and service area get a mention during the Newsline ID Break.