[MCARC] [Fwd: Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies Clear]

[Nate Bargmann]

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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 16:45:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
To: n0nb at n0nb.us
Subject: Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep
 Frequencies Clear

Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies Clear
August 14, 2021 | ARRL

In a
statement<https://www.iaru-r2.org/iaru-r2-pendiente-a-sismo-ocurrido-hoy-en-haiti/>
received by ARRL on August 14, 2021, Region 2<https://www.iaru-r2.org/>
of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU-R2) has requested that
radio amateurs in the Americas keep the following frequencies clear to
support emergency communications in Haiti following an earthquake this
morning: 3750 kHz, 7150 kHz and 14330 kHz. The statement came from
IARU-R2 Emergency Coordinator (EMCOR) Carlos Alberto Santamaría
González, CO2JC.

According to preliminary information from the United States Geological
Survey<https://earthquake.usgs.gov> (USGS), a 7.2 magnitude earthquake
struck Haiti on August 14, 2021 at 1229 UTC, about 12 kilometers
northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 33 kilometers to the east-northeast
of Les Cayes, Haiti; 18.352 degrees north and 73.4801 degrees west at a
depth of 10 km.

Mr. Jean-Robert Gaillard, HH2JR, President of the Radio Club of Haiti,
reported significant structural damage.

International news reports fear high casualties.

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