On 01/13/10 06:46 pm, W3FIS wrote:
Any use of Pskmail related to the emergency in Haiti ? Seems that is
is tailor made for such a situation. Short hops from Haiti to servers
on HF
Well,this came across today. this fellow is active on the REGEN group,
and runs a SWL program out of Radio Havana, I believe.
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.
For a while this afternoon I listened on 14.300 and 14.313 to HH2JR Jean
operating with power from a neighbor's generator and getting messages
via phone patch to people in the US.
He reported that there had been numerous aftershocks since the original,
then reported another strength 5 shock at approx 1720 EST.
73
Alan NV8A
