[PPRAANet] Fwd: [Worldradio-l] CQ News: At least one Haitian Ham station active

[Rick WØRIC]

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From: Richard Moseson <w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Subject: [Worldradio-l] CQ News: At least one Haitian Ham station active
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>From the CQ / WorldRadio Online Newsroom:

Some ham radio activity from Haiti is beginning to be heard, following
yesterday's devastating earthquake.

Father John Henault, HH6JH, in Port-au-Prince, made contact late Wednesday
morning with the Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net (IATN) on
14.300 MHz, the IARU Global Centre of Activity frequency for emergency
communications. Based on relays monitored at W2VU, Father John reported that
he and those with him were safe, but had no power and no phone service. He
was operating on battery power and hoping to get a generator running later
in the day. He asked the station copying him, William Sturridge, KI4MMZ, in
Flagler Beach, Florida, to telephone relatives with information that he was
OK.

The following frequencies are in use for earthquake-related traffic and
should be kept clear unless you are able to provide requested assistance:
14300 (IATN), 14265 (SATERN); 7045 (IARU Region II) and 3720 (IARU Region
II) kHz. Additional frequencies may be activated on different bands at
different times of day, so be sure to listen carefully before transmitting
to make sure you are not interfering with emergency traffic.

We will continue to provide updates as information becomes available.

-- The editors

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