[PPRAANet] Fw: [QCWA] Earthquake Net Frequencies - 7045, 3720 kHz - Please keep clear

[Dick-w0raa]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Roske" <broske at hutchtel.net>
To: "QCWA - Reflector" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>; "QCWA - Hotlist" 
<qcwahotlist at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:52 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Earthquake Net Frequencies - 7045,3720 kHz - Please keep 
clear


>> 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