[InHam] Fw: [Worldradio-l] Earthquake Net Frequencies - 7045, 3720 kHz - Please keep clear

[Paul Webster]

This does not sound good. I pray for the people in Haiti. You never know when your # will be up. 
73/75 de ka9jwx, Paul Lewis Webster
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--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Richard Moseson <w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Moseson <w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com>
> Subject: [Worldradio-l] Earthquake Net Frequencies - 7045, 3720 kHz - Please keep clear
> To: "CQ Newsletter List" <cq-l at mailman.sunserver.com>, "WorldRadio Alert List" <worldradio-l at mailman.sunserver.com>
> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 9:38 PM
> 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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