Ingen kan ha undgått den stora naturkatastrofen i Filipinerna. Idag kom ett livstecken från Rini Ligutom, DU7HF, en av de radioamatörer som regelbundet varit med i SAC-testen de senaste åren.

DEAR FELLOW HAM FROM SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRY THAT I WORK SAC TEST 2012 AND 2013, CW AND SSB

I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

HERE IN MY QTH WE SUFFER MANY TYPHOON 20 TIMES MORE OR LESS EVERY YEAR WITH MATCHING EARTHQUAKE.

LAST YEAR 06FEB2012 AN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 6 PLUS HIT OUR PLACE VISAYAN ISLAND WITH A HUGE DAMAGE INFRASTRAKTURE AND MANY PEOPLE DIED.

AND THIS YEAR 15OCT2013 AN EARTHQUAKE AGAIN MAGNITUDE 7.2
MANY PEOPLE DIED AND MANY COLAPSE LIKE BRIDGES, CHURCHES, MUNICIPAL HALL, SCHOOLS HOUSES AND MANY MORE.

MY HOUSE MANY KRACK AND DAMAGE.

LAST WEEK 08NOV2013 WE HIT ANOTHER TRAGEDY “TYPHOON HAIYAN”
DEVASTATING AGAIN OUR PLACE VISAYAN ISLAND.

THE HOUSE OF MY BROTHER AND MY COUSINS ARE TOTALLY WASH OUT,
GROUND ZERO.
AND MANY OF MY RELATIVES ARE STILL MISSING IN TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE AND SAMAR ISLAND.

I HEARD THE NEWS MANY COUNTRY HELPING RELIEF GOOD AND BIG MONEY.
I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS MANY POLITICIAN ARE VERY CORRUPT”
OUR GOVERNMENT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.
THE SYSTEM IS NOT GOOD.
MANY PEAPLE ANGRY” COZ WE ARE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY”

OTHER PEOPLE RIOT AND LOOTING, VERY SCARED AND TRAUMA SPECIALLY CHILDREN.

AT THIS TIME WE TEMPORARY STAY THE HOUSE OF MY SISTER
COZ MY ROOF AND MY WIRE ANTENNA WAS FLY AWAY.
MY SMALL STORE FOR MY DAILY INCOME WAS LOST.
AND MY DEFECTIVE KENWOOD TS440S AND MY ONE AND ONLY WORKING HF RADIO ICOM IC 725 FOR MY DX AND CONTEST AND ALSO MY PAPER QSL AND PAPER CERTIFICATE.
MY VERY OLD CELERON LAPTOP, 20 AMP POWER SUP., AND MOBILE PHONE DAMAGE TOO. ALMOST EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF STRONG WIND AND RAIN.

ANYWAY A SMALL LUCKY THAT ME AND MY WIFE AND OUR 3 CHILDREN ARE STILL ALIVE!

FELLOW HAM SEE U AGAIN IN THE DX OR CONTEST IF I CAN FIX MY HF RADIO.

VERY TRULY AND 73

RINI LIGUTOM, DU7HF