On July 11, the 49-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son traveled from the Sacramento area to Camp Wolfeboro for an overnight camping trip, officials with the Calavera County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The mother and son were found about another mile from the second note.
The crew then used ham radio to report back to a command post.
“After broadcasting ’emergency traffic’ on the ham radio, their call was immediately answered by a retired El Dorado County Communications Supervisor who was a ham operator monitoring frequencies from his home,” officials said. “This ham operator then contacted the El Dorado 911 center, which provided the information to Calaveras Dispatch, and the SAR command post was notified.”
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