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The HS0AC horror story at AIT: the post-flood rescue mission
After over five weeks of inundation by flood water at the Asian
Institute of Technology campus at Kilometre 42 on Phaholyothin Road, a
team of RAST members led by station manager Finn, OZ1HET and President
Chaiyong, HS1QVD visited the club station there on Saturday, December
10.
Others accompanying them included Swen, HS0ZFZ, Thida, HS1ASC, her
daughter Shompoo, E20QMD, Karl, HS0ZJL and his XYL, Sonn, HS0NDK and
Gerd, DK5FJ and they found that flooding had been almost to the ceiling
(as can be seen from the water line in these pictures) while grass,
plants and shrubs outside the station had died.
All the equipment and furniture in the "shack" had been ravaged by the floodwater as these photographs sadly depict.
The team carefully removed everything in the HS0AC station, including
cabling that had been submerged by the flood water and furniture, as
well as the remains of desks that had collapsed under the weight of
equipment and action of the corrosive water, seen here at right stacked
up outside.
Station Manager Finn summarises the situation as follows: "The club
station was completely destroyed, everything in there spoiled so we
could only "scrap" all out as garbage. All furniture had fallen apart
and everything was full of mud and smelling very bad."
"I must say, it was far worse than expected," Finn noted in an email,
adding: "This was a very, very bad experience, I can tell you."
Above, the entrance to the bathroom and, at right, where the second operating position used to be.
If you would like to make a donation to help RAST get the club station
back up and running you can do so using PayPal by sending funds to
donate@rast.or.th. Clicking on the button below will take you to the
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RAST belongings are lined up outside the shack (left) while RAST
President Chaiyong looks at the base of one of the antenna towers at
right.
The team spent eight hours cleaning and clearing everything out and the
equipment was retrieved for later inspection and possible salvage
operations.
Station manager Finn said he guessed that RAST had lost equipment and
furniture worth between $150,000 and $200,000 (4.7 to 6.2 million baht).
Desks, such as the one at left, collapsed under the weight of
equipment. At right is the club station's Kenwood TS440S
Most of the furniture at HS0AC is a write-off and some of the equipment (at right) may be beyond repair.
That's the club station's Yaesu FT1000MP at left and its Kenwood TS950S at right.
That's a Drake T-4XC under the murk and mud, while trophies and plaques were not spared flood damage.
Moving the equipment up to be stored on the upper shelves in this
cabinet at the club station in advance of the flooding was not enough to
save it.
By the end of the day, the HS0AC shack was cleared of furniture and
equipment: transceivers, cables, microphones, antenna tuners and other
hardware was taken away to be examined and possibly restored.
Above right: Sonn and Swen move out a steel cabinet, one of the last remaining items of furniture, late in the afternoon.
These
pictures that tell this sad story here were mostly taken by Swen,
HS0ZFZ, as well as by Karl, HS0ZJL and Thida, HS1ASC at AIT with the
exception of the photo above (left) taken the following day by Tony,
HS0ZDX which shows some of the equipment from HS0AC ready for Sam,
HS0ZDY to begin working on to see what he can restore for the club. At
right: these QSL cards used to adorn this cabinet inside the HS0AC club
station but, like almost everything else in the station, they are
history now.
-- Web site update by HS0ZDX, December 12, 2011
The photo at left shows the team outside the HS0AC shack on
Saturday, December 10 from left: Gerd, Karl's XYL, Karl, Sonn, Chaiyong,
Finn and Swen. Thida was behind the camera.
Click here to join the
discussion on the RAST forum about this disaster.
There's a video on Facebook about the flooding on the AIT campus
here
You can also make a donation to help RAST to get the club station back
up and running with a bank (or ATM) transfer to the Radio Amateur
Society of Thailand's savings account 034-1-86101-4 at the Krung Thai
Bank (KTB's) Pradipat Branch. The SWIFT code is KRTHTHBK
RAST would like to thank everyone for their support!
RAST would like to thank everyone for support already received and
encourages donors to notify RAST International Liaison Officer Tony
Waltham, HS0ZDX, by email at tony.waltham@gmail.com with details of
donations made to help us in recognising where our support comes from.
Thank you!
The spreadsheet below represents donations by PayPal and email pledges
of donations of equipment as well as generous offers of help such as
from a long-time supporter of the HS0AC club station, the Yasme
Foundation which is supporting RAST with a donation of US$2,000 baht. We
hope to get the club station back on the air in the very near future
and to have the opportunity to thank our donors on the air!.
Please note, that this summary below only has donations made subsequent
to the December meeting and a complete list will be posted shortly that
will include details of donations made since mid-October 2011.
