[InHam] Fw: HAITI DISASTER SPECIAL EMCOMM BULLETIN NR 2

[Paul Webster]

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--- On Thu, 1/14/10, EMCOMM MONTHLY <emcomm at cot.net> wrote:

> From: EMCOMM MONTHLY <emcomm at cot.net>
> Subject: HAITI DISASTER SPECIAL EMCOMM BULLETIN NR 2
> To: Undisclosed-Recipient at yahoo.com
> Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 1:44 PM
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> BULLETIN IS SENT TO MULTIPLE EMAIL GROUP FILES.
> YOU MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE 
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> TO: 
> ALL EMCOMM STATIONS
> FROM: D W THORNE, K6SOJ, 
> WRRL-1
> DATE/TIME: JAN 14, 2010 
> 1940Z
> SUBJECT: HAITI DISASTER SPECIAL BULLETIN NR 
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> INFORMATION GATHERED FROM VARIOUS
> SOURCES -- 
> DISSEMINATE AT WILL
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> ADDITIONAL AMATEUR FREQUENCIES that
> may be active with 
> EMERGENCY traffic:
> 3977, 3985, 7265, 7290, 14265, and 14300 
> kHz.
> 
> REMINDERS:
> Avoid transmitting within 3 kHz (on 
> either side) of these frequencies except for EMERGENCY or
> PRIORITY 
> traffic.
> 
> Normal protocol for major disasters is 
> NO INBOUND "Health and
> Welfare" (W) or Routine 
> (R) traffic for a minimum of 72 hours.  There are
> only 143 (est.) 
> licensed amateurs in Haiti. Only one or two stations
> are known to be 
> QRV.   It will probably be much longer before any
> inbound DWIs 
> (Disaster Welfare Inquiries) can be handled or
> processed.  Even when W or 
> R  traffic addressed to Haiti can be accepted, it may
> be many weeks 
> before relief agencies have information or means to contact
> survivors and 
> reply.
> 
> RECOMMEND:  EMCOMM traffic stations
> my 
> accept message traffic...but advise the
> originating person/party that it 
> will be held until a means to forward/deliver it can be
> established.  
> (After Hurricane Katrina there thousand of DWIs
> that were 
> never delivered.)
> 
> SUGGEST:  EMCOMM operators 
> advise persons with DWIs to contact U.S. Dept. of
> State, the American Red 
> Cross or the Salvation Army (they all have websites for
> this purpose) and follow 
> the instructions provided.
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> BULLETIN from JAN 
> 13:
> All radio amateurs are
> requested to keep 
> 7045 kHz and 3720 kHz clear 
> for possible emergency traffic related 
> to the 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.
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> NOTE:
> 7045 is CW only.  (RTTY and 
> data is also legal in the U.S.)
> 3720 is CW and phone (LSB) in U.S. and is 
> limited to advanced and extra class 
> amateurs
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