FYI regarding the earthquake in Haiti.
Most of this activity will be in Spanish.
I suspect 14.300 may also see some traffic from the area.
Mike, K5XU
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From: "Richard Moseson" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:38 PM
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Subject: [Worldradio-l] Earthquake Net Frequencies - 7045,3720 kHz -
Please
keep clear
> From the CQ / WorldRadio Online Newsroom:
>
> All radio amateurs are requested to keep 7045 kHz and 3720 kHz clear
> for
> possible emergency traffic related to today's major earthquake in
> Haiti.
>
> International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region II Area C Emergency
> Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, reports that as of 0245 UTC on
> January 13,
> nothing had been heard from radio amateurs in Haiti, but that the
> above
> frequencies were being kept active in case any Haitian hams manage
> to get
> on the air, and in case of other related events in surrounding
> areas,
> including aftershocks and a possible tsunami.
>
> The following is from an e-mail from CO2KK:
>
> 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
>
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