[SJDXA] FW: [Ocean County ARES] FW: IARU Region 2 Requests Frequencies Be Kept Clear After Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti

Wed Jan 13 20:38:04 EST 2010

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Subject: IARU Region 2 Requests Frequencies Be Kept Clear After Massive
Earthquake Strikes Haiti

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/13/11288/?nc=1

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude
7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the
island nation's capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been
disrupted. No word has been received as of yet from any of Haitian
Amateur Radio operators. The ARRL encourages US amateurs to be aware of
the emergency operations on the following frequencies: 7.045 and 3.720
MHz (IARU Region 2 nets), 14.265, 7.265 and 3.977 MHz (SATERN nets),
and 14.300 MHz (Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net); the
International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is also active
on EchoLink node 278173.

IARU Region 2 Area C Emergency Coordinator, Arnie Coro, CO2KK, is
coordinating a multi-national response by hams. There are organized
nets on 7.045 and 3.720 MHz; amateurs are asked to monitor the
frequencies, but to also keep them clear of non-essential traffic.
Amateur Radio operators should also be aware that emergency traffic
pertaining to the Haitian earthquake is expected on the SATERN
frequencies of 14.265 MHz, 7.265 MHz and 3977 MHz, according to
SATERN's leader, Major Pat McPherson. The Salvation Army is accepting
health and welfare traffic requests on its Web site.

"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," Coro said
in an e-mail. "Amateurs from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico
and Venezuela are monitoring the 40 meter band frequency. We are still
keeping watch on 7.045 MHz, hoping that someone in Haiti may have
access to a transceiver and at least a car battery to run it," but so
far, no HH stations have checked in. Tuesday's quake was felt in the
Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti,
and in Eastern Cuba, but no major damage was reported in either place.

The January 13 edition of The Daily DX reported that the Rev John
Henault, HH6JH, made contact late Wednesday morning with the
Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net (IATN) on 14.300 MHz; this
is the IARU Global Center of Activity frequency for emergency
communications. He said that he was 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. The edition also noted that Pierre
Petry, HH2/HB9AMO -- who was in Cap Haitien (about 140 km north of
Port-au-Prince) is "okay"; Petry is in Haiti working for the United
Nations World Food Program. Later today, he will be traveling to the
capital.

The UN's 9000 peacekeepers in Haiti -- many of whom are from Brazil --
were distracted from aid efforts by their own tragedy: Many spent the
night hunting for survivors in the ruins of their headquarters. "It
would appear that everyone who was in the building, including my friend
Hedi Annabi, the United Nations' Secretary General's special envoy, and
everyone with him and around him, are dead," French Foreign Minister
Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday, speaking on French radio. UN
peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy would not confirm that Annabi was dead,
but said he was among more than 100 people missing in the rubble of its
headquarters. He said only about 10 people had been pulled out, many of
them badly injured. Fewer than five bodies had been pulled from the
rubble, he said. The United Nations said the capital's main airport was
"fully operational" and that relief flights would begin on Wednesday,
January 13.

The situation in Haiti is still chaotic. More information will be
posted as soon as possible. Information is being validated and shared
between many amateur groups and news sources as it unfolds.

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