[SFDXA] ARLX010 Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies Clear

[WILLIAM MARX]

> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX010
> ARLX010 Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep
> Frequencies Clear
> 
> ZCZC AX10
> QST de W1AW  
> Special Bulletin 10  ARLX010
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  August 17, 2021
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX010
> ARLX010 Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep
> Frequencies Clear
> 
> In a statement received by ARRL on August 14, 2021, Region 2 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.
> 
> The frequencies are: 3750 kHz, 7150 kHz, and 14330 kHz.
> 
> The statement came from IARU-R2 Emergency Coordinator (EMCOR) Carlos
> Alberto Santamar Gonzalez, CO2JC.
> 
> According to preliminary information from the United States
> Geological Survey (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.
> NNNN
> /EX