[QCWA Hotlist] Fw: [Worldradio-l] CQ News: At least one Haitian Ham station active

[Bob Roske]

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From: "Richard Moseson" <w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com>
To: "CQ Newsletter List" <cq-l at mailman.sunserver.com>; "WorldRadio Alert 
List" <worldradio-l at mailman.sunserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:10 AM
Subject: [Worldradio-l] CQ News: At least one Haitian Ham station active


> 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