[RVRC] IARU Region 2 Request for Clear Frequencies - Chili Earthquake

[Drew Moore]

Please pass this important information along to your Club Members .... 
thank you in advance for your help and assistance in this and all EmComm 
related matters
George Sabbi
KC2GLG
Section Emergency Coordinator
ARRL Northern New Jersey Section
Email: KC2GLG at arrl.net <mailto:KC2GLG at arrl.net>
Website: www.hudson.arrl.org/nnj/ares <http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nnj/ares>
*IARU Region 2 and Radio Club de Chile Request Amateurs to Keep 
Emergency Frequencies Clear* (Feb 27, 2010) -- A massive 8.8 magnitude 
earthquake hit Chile today at 0634 UTC, triggering a potential tsunami. 
IARU Region 2 <http://www.iaru-r2.org/> and the Red Chilena Nor Austral 
de Servicio (RECNA 
<http://www.ce3aa.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=40>) 
have suggested Amateur Radio operators monitor the following emergency 
communications frequencies for traffic pertaining to the earthquake and 
tsunami 
<http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/MS-Chile-English.pdf>: 3.738, 
3.750, 7.050, 7.100, 14.200, 14.350, 21.200, 21.350, 28.300 and 28.500 MHz.
IARU Region 2 Area Emergency Coordinator Jorge Sierra, LU1AS, reports 
that there is now traffic at frequencies of 40 meters from people 
seeking information from people in Chile: “We would appreciate if 
amateurs would leave free the frequencies used by RECNA, as well as the 
usual IARU Region 2 frequencies on in 20, 40, and 80 meters.” In 
addition to the above frequencies, you may also want to listen to the 
worldwide emergency communication Center of Activity frequencies: 
14.300, 18.160 and 21.360 MHz.
Other suggested monitoring frequencies are 3.720, 7.045 and 7.060 MHz. 
Hawaiian Amateur Radio operators on the lookout for a possible tsunami 
are monitoring 7.088 and 3.888 MHz. -- /Thanks to Radio Club de Chile’s 
(//RCC/ <http://www.ce3aa.cl/>/) Emergency Coordinator Aldo Oppici, 
CE3WAD, and W2VU, KI6SN, K3ZO, PY2ZX, PY5YA and El Grupo Argentino de 
Radiotelegrafia for the information./
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