Haiti Earthquake - Final
By: System Administrator on: Fri 22 of Jan, 2010 [17:49 UTC] (95 reads)

From 1800UTC 22 January the HF frequencies used to respond to the immediate needs of the Haiti Earthquake, 14.300MHz, 14.265MHz , 7.045MHz, 7.065MHz, 7.265MHz, 3.720MHz, 3.977MHz will return to normal use. The groups who have been passing messages on those frequencies will revert to monitoring mode or their normal operations.

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Haiti Earthquake - Update No 2.
By: System Administrator on: Fri 15 of Jan, 2010 [00:45 UTC] (114 reads)

Some status reports are now coming from Haiti but at the moment , no data regarding survivors or any other 'Health and Welfare' traffic is currently being passed.

Anyone trying to trace family or friends in Haiti should register their details with the International Federation of the Red Cross at;

http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/web/doc/siterfl0.nsf/htmlall/familylinks-haiti-eng?opendocument

The ICRC are co-operating with the Haitian Red Cross Society and other Red Cross/ Red Crescent societies around the world to accelerate the process of restoring contact between separated family members.

Haiti Earthquake - Update No 1.
By: System Administrator on: Wed 13 of Jan, 2010 [22:37 UTC] (108 reads)

Radio communications has now been established with HH6JH in Haiti, frequencies in use for this disaster are now;

14.300MHz, 14.265MHz, 7.045MHz , 7.265MHz, and 3.977MHz

The International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) is also active on EchoLink node 278173

Information from www.arrl.org and CQ/WorldRadio Online Newsroom

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Haiti Earthquake - Please keep frequencies clear
By: System Administrator on: Wed 13 of Jan, 2010 [09:24 UTC] (123 reads)

Radio amateurs are requested to keep 7.045MHz and 3.720MHz clear for any emergency traffic resulting from the Earthquake which struck Haiti on 12th January 2010 in case any Haitian hams manage to get on the air, and in case of other related events in surrounding areas, including aftershocks

Arnie Coro, CO2KK, IARU-R2 Area C Emergency Coordinator calls reported at 0245 UTC that they haven't been able to communicate with any radio amateur in Haiti but if there is presence from amateurs from other countries in the area that also felt the tremor. We ask for your support to keep this frequencies clear.

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Ham radio supports disaster response
By: System Administrator on: Thu 01 of Oct, 2009 [21:46 UTC] (313 reads)

A severe tropical storm in The Phillipines and earthquakes in Indonesia have seen radio amateurs providing emergency communications and other relief and recovery assistance.

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TC17EQ 16-17 AUGUST 2009
By: System Administrator on: Tue 11 of Aug, 2009 [19:49 UTC] (377 reads)

Dear fellow Hams,

On Sunday, 16 August around 16:00 UTC a Special Event Station with the call sign TC17EQ will participate in the Memorial Event for the tragic earthquake, which occurred in the town and region of Izmit (Turkey) on 17 August 1999. The event will be attended by representatives of the countries that provided international assistance following this disaster 10 years ago. In recognition of their key role in emergency communications, the Turkish IARU Member Society, TRAC, has been invited to be part of the official program with a Special Event Station and with two of their emergency communication vehicles.

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Use of 3760 in Poland - Back to Normal
By: System Administrator on: Thu 02 of Jul, 2009 [23:05 UTC] (456 reads)

There is still a risk of flooding in the South West of Poland but currently the Public Communications systems are operating normally so it is appropriate to return 3760 to normal use with the normal procedures of;

- Listen before transmitting
- If you hear any station passing emergency traffic then leave the frequency clear and avoid causing QRM. Polish stations make use of the /D suffix to indicate emergency working and this should help in case of any language difficulties.

Thanks to all stations for their assistance and support.

Possible emergency use of 3760kHz in Poland
By: System Administrator on: Sun 28 of Jun, 2009 [10:07 UTC] (435 reads)

Following recent flooding in the South-Western part of Poland, and a continuing flood threat to the region. The DASR emergency group http://www.dasr.za.pl/ is reporting that 3760 kHz may be used for emergency communication.

Please, keep this frequency clear if you'll hear any emergency traffic.

Further updates will be posted as they are received.

Atlantic Hurricane Season 2009
By: System Administrator on: Sat 06 of Jun, 2009 [19:10 UTC] (449 reads)

The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially runs from 1st June to 30 November each year and Amateur Radio plays a part in gathering and distributing information for the weather and emergency services each year. On average there are six hurricanes and two 'major' hurricanes each season which can cause major loss of life or property damage through the Caribbean. Please read more to find out about frequencies on 20m which are routinely in use to deal with hurricane events in the USA and Caribbean.

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Honduras Earthquake - 28/May/2009
By: System Administrator on: Thu 28 of May, 2009 [20:10 UTC] (467 reads)

This morning Honduras had a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Initial reports from
Dr. Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator report no
major damages however we kindly ask to give preference to emergency traffic
if you find it on our bands, specially around 7,090 MHz.

More on this news:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009heak.php#detail