Creato Mercoledì, 13 Gennaio 2010
INFORMATIVA DAL PRESIDENTE RNRE ALBERTO Ik1YLO
7.045MHz and 3.720MHz
Haiti Earthquake - please keep frequencies clear
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Radio amateurs are requested to keep 7.045MHz and 3.720MHz clear for
any emergency traffic resulting from the Earthquake which struck Haiti
on 12th January 2010 in case any Haitian hams manage to get on the air,
and in case of other related events in surrounding areas, including
aftershocks.
Arnie Coro, CO2KK, IARU-R2 Area C Emergency Coordinator calls reported
at 0245 UTC that they haven't been able to communicate with any radio
amateur in Haiti but if there is presence from amateurs from other
countries in the area that also felt the tremor. We ask for your
support to keep this frequencies clear.
The following is from an e-mail from CO2KK posted to the CQ/WorldRadio Online Newsroom:
"A few minutes after the earthquake was felt in eastern Cuba's cities,
the Cuban Federation of Radio Amateurs Emergency Net was activated,
with net control stations CO8WM and CO8RP located in the city of
Santiago de Cuba, and in permanent contact with the National Seismology
Center of Cuba located in that city. Stations in the city of Baracoa,
in Guantanamo province, were also activated immediately as the earth
movements were felt even stronger there, due to its proximity to Haiti.
CO8AZ and CO8AW went on the air immediately , with CM8WAL following. At
the early phase of the emergency, the population of the city of Baracoa
was evacuated far away from the coast, as there was a primary alert of
a possible tsunami event or of a heavy wave trains sequence impacting
the coast line at the city's sea wall ... Baracoa could not contact
Santiago de Cuba stations on 40 meters due to long skip after 5 PM
local time, so several stations in western Cuba and one in the US State
of Florida provided relays. CO2KK, as IARU Region II Area C Emergency
Coordinator, helped to organize the nets , on 7045 kHz and also on 3720
kHz, while local nets in Santiago de Cuba and Baracoa operated on 2
meters. As late as 9,45 PM local time 0245 UTC we have not been able to
contact any amateur or emergency services stations in Haiti. Amateurs
from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela were monitoring the
40 meter band frequency, that I notified to the IARU Region II
executive Ramon Santoyo XE1KK as in use for the emergency, requesting
that 7045 kHz be kept as clear as possible ... We are still keeping
watch on 7045 kHz hoping that someone in Haiti may have access to a
transceiver and at least a car battery to run it. All information that
has so far come from the Cuban seismologists tell us of a very intense
earthquake, and also of the possibility of other events following.
Following the advice of the geophysicists, we are keeping the 7045 and
3720 kiloHertz frequencies active until further notice." Information
from Ramon Santoyo V, XE1KK, Jim Linton VE3PC and the CQ / WorldRadio
Online Newsroom
73,
Greg, G0DUB
IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator