Amateur Radio Operators Provide Communications Support During Chilean Mine Rescue
As the last of the 33 miners who were trapped 2300 feet deep inside (and 3 miles from the mine entrance) the San José Mine — located about 27 miles from the Chilean town of Copiapó in the Atacama Desert — rose to the surface at 0055 UTC on October 14, the world cheered in unison. The miners, who were underground for 69 days — the longest time ever for miners to be trapped and survive — all …