FW: [VOIP-WXNET] Haiti Earthquake Situation Report #3
Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM
kd4efm1 at verizon.net
Sat Jan 16 15:20:32 PST 2010
SITREP 3
Evans F. Mitchell
KD4EFM / WQFK-894
Fla. D-Star Tech Support Group
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Polk ARES A.E.C.
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Subject: [VOIP-WXNET] Haiti Earthquake Situation Report #3
Hello to all..
The following is a situation report on the Amateur Radio response to the
Haiti Earthquake. Please note that the situation report was not updated on
Friday Evening as there was little new information. Today, new information
was received warranting a new situation report update.
ARES/RACES/MARS groups across the country and globally have received
requests for Health and Welfare traffic. All stations that have HF
capability should monitor HF frequencies listed in the sitrep below or scan
20/40/80 Meter bands for any Haitian stations and if any are heard and they
have a capability to assist with Emergency/Priority traffic and health and
welfare traffic, relay that information to SATERN (Salvation Army Team
Emergency Response Network) and IRESC (International Radio Emergency Support
Coalition). There has been more steady contact with 2 Amateur Radio
Operators via the HF Nets over the past 2 days however it is noted that
HH2JR, Jean Richard is currently running with an Icom IC-706 HF Radio with a
faulty display and is running out of fuel for his neighbor's generator which
he has been using to maintain power for his radio per family members who
were in contact with several Amateurs who made first contact with HH2JR on
January 13th. An Amateur Radio strike team from the Dominican Republic has
arrived in Haiti on Friday January 15th. There has been word that HI8RCD/HH
has attempted to contact the SATERN Net on 14.265 but has been unsucessful.
This is per traffic monitored on the 7265 40 meter SATERN Net at
approximately 430 PM ET/2130 UTC.
The following information was relayed by Public Relations Manager at ARRL
HQ, Allen Pitts-W1AGP concerning operations and the public information
aspect of the Amateur Radio response. Please also note the comments on
deployment to the affected area:
If you are aware of people considering volunteering for a deployment, please
make sure they contact your SEC and the SEC is aware of that, the
capabilities and experience. I do not know just what will happen - no one
does. But anything we do with ARES deployments supporting our served
agencies will go through the SECs.
As you may know (or surely guessed) , there is a LOT going on at ARRL HQ,
IARU and in other Amateur Radio groups as we address the Haitian disaster.
This is truly an international response, and many countries are involved,
not just the USA. In these first days, there were very few Amateur Radio
operators operating in Haiti. In the coming week there will be more as
international assessment teams are expected to arrive from several countries
and will have embedded hams with them. There will be even more in the weeks
after that as recovery groups arrive. This will not be a short campaign and
it is still unclear what may be the situation outside of metropolitan areas
in the hill and mountain country.
While there is little coming out of Haiti so far, the country is ringed by
many excellent AR stations of many nationalities who will hear anything that
might come up on the air. I know that you are getting requests for
information regarding relatives and friends in Haiti. These can be
heartbreaking.... I am getting them too and it can be really rough
emotionally. The best I have at this point is the International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Salvation Army's websites. H&W going OUT of
Haiti can be channeled through several programs. (Yes, I know from Katrina a
lot of hams like to make THOSE calls themselves - that's also emotional but
on the good side - but do it right)
I note the posts on the reflector to be careful not to "oversell" things -
they are correct. This one is different from Katrina. It will take more
time, different problems (hard to believe things could be worse, but they
are), and is international in scope. I expect Amateur Radio related issues,
activities and events to grow in the coming weeks and we're working hard to
get out the best, VERIFIED information on the main ARRL website. We may not
be the fastest ones with a headline, but we're going to be sure of things to
prevent rumor and speculation. I have spoken to most of the other major
Amateur Radio related publications people and we're all in this together.
Thanks for all you are doing.
The remainder below is unchanged from the Thursday Evening Update:
An updated ARRL Web Story is listed below:
http://www.arrl. <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/14/11290/?nc=1>
org/news/stories/2010/01/14/11290/?nc=1
A recording of phone patches was provided by K1VR-Brian Crow of Boynton
Beach Florida between HH2JR-Jean Robert Gaillard and W3UZ is widely
available over the Internet and is 26 minutes long. You can hear his
nervousness and tenseness as the phone patches are made and the audio is at
the link below:
http://d.yimg.
<http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/12397727/1885578730/name/Haiti%2Emp3>
com/kq/groups/12397727/1885578730/name/Haiti%2Emp3
The edit clips from Amateur Radio Newsline and the text transcript can be
heard at the following link:
http://www.arnewsli <http://www.arnewsline.org> ne.org
Some interesting information has been made available via the stormcarib.com
storm blog concerning relief operations. This can be seen via the following
link:
http://stormcarib. <http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/haiti.shtml>
com/reports/current/haiti.shtml
The following is from Julio Ripoll-WD4R, Assistant WX4NHC Coordinator, who
received data on a jump team heading into Haiti for Amateur Radio support
per the data below:
Haiti Update
http://aren. <http://aren.ie/news/2010/01/14/haiti-update-2/>
ie/news/2010/01/14/haiti-update-2/
The following update was received from Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P. By Greg
Mossop, IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator
RCD and URDA en route to Haiti
Victor Baez, HI8VB, Secretary of the Radio Club Dominicano (RCD) reports
that the RCD with UDRA, Unión Dominicana de Radio Aficionados, are preparing
to go to Port au Prince early morning of Friday January 15 to install an
emergency radio Communications station, HI8RCD/HH, and a mobile station.
Victor has a blog which hopefully he will update with more news from Haiti:
www.hi8vb.tk
>From ARRL HQ, Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts-W1AGP had the
following information today:
Many hams are reporting that they have been contacted by family members
hoping to get H&W messages into Haiti. This is not possible at this time.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has established protocols.
Point folks there – and yes, some of these calls have been heartbreakers.
But let’s do what we can to help. The document on the ICRC info is listed
below:
http://ares. <http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/lost_family.doc>
ema.arrl.org/local/lost_family.doc
Meanwhile, I am getting the first of the “I want to go to Haiti” calls and
emails here. At this time we are in contact with a LOT of agencies and much
is going on behind the scenes. For now there are NO calls for hams from
responding agencies. This may change quickly – nothing is assured at all in
the developing story. If there are to be any assignments, the vetting will
go through the section SECs. So point anyone that is anxious to go to talk
to their section’s SEC.
All data below is the same from the previous situation report and remains
valid with one correction to the SATERN frequencies where there was a typo.
Remainder below is unchanged:
On Tuesday there was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, which has since
been followed by serious aftershocks. Communications in and out of Haiti
have been disrupted. No word has been received as of yet from any of the
national HH Amateur Radio operators. The DailyDX notes that HH2/HB9AMO,
Pierre, is OK and was located about 140 km north of Port-au-Prince in Cap
Haitien at the time.
The IARU Region II Area C Emergency Coordinator, Arnie Coro, CO2KK, is
coordinating the multi-national response by hams. There are organized nets
on 7045 and 3720 kHz and amateurs are asked to monitor but also keep the
frequencies 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 14265, 7265 and 3977 according to
SATERN’s leader, Major Pat McPherson. The Salvation Army has a website up
for H&W traffic and other news at www.satern.org.
Amateur Radio operators are circled around Haiti in Cuba, Florida, the
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other locations listening for
any calls, but so far only one station has checked in.
Rich Moseson of CQ Magazine reported to us that Father John Henault, HH6JH,
made contact late Wednesday morning with the Intercontinental Assistance and
Traffic Net (IATN) on 14.300 MHz, the IARU Global Centre 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.
Please keep the nets clear for emergency and priority traffic on frequencies
:
14300
14265
7045
7265
3977
3720
Additional frequencies may be activated on different bands at different
times of day, so be sure to listen carefully before transmitting to make
sure you are not interfering with emergency traffic.
The situation is still chaotic and 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.
Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) is now
on ALERT for Haiti earthquake Emergency / Disaster
Relief Communications (EMCOMM)
====HFLINK SPECIAL BULLETIN==== 13 JAN 2010
Alert: Haiti Earthquake EMCOMM
HFN Pilot Stations are active and ready 24/7
for ALE calling, relay, and internet messages.
All operators are encouraged to participate in
the ALE Comm Centre live operator chat room
http://hflink. net
and activate ALE radios on the ALE channels:
HFN net (text/internet/ sounding/ calling)
3596.0 USB
7102.0 USB
10145.5 USB
14109.0 USB
18106.0 USB
21096.0 USB
24926.0 USB
28146.0 USB
HFL net (emcomm/voice/ calling)
3791.0 USB
7185.5 USB
14346.0 USB
18117.5 USB
21437.5 USB
24932.0 USB
28312.5 USB
============ ========= ======
END OF BULLETIN
============ ========= ======
Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA
International Emcomm Coordinator
Global ALE High Frequency Network
http://hflink. net
The following is an update as provided by Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section
Traffic manager, Jim Ward-N1LKJ, concerning all the health and welfare
traffic received to date from all across the country and internationally:
On Wednesday's 2:30PM Eastern Area Traffic Net, Earl WX4J from Florida
checked in and told all Hams to hold all Health & Welfare Traffic for now.
There are just no outlets for it at this time. They will keep us advised.
Traffic can be listed on the Satern web page. www.satern.org On the Satern
Net on 14.265 they gave out the information, that the State Department is
giving out the phone number 888-407-4747 for all people inquiring about
loved ones.
73,
Jim Ward N1LKJ STM
The International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) and the
Salvation Army Team Emergency Response Network (SATERN) remain active
supporting Haiti Earthquake Operations. Indirect contact has been
established via email and second hand reporting and info as relayed by
SATERN to IRESC and by IRESC operators. Direct contact to the affected area
is being attempted by both groups.
The *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 reflector system has
been connected directly to the *IRESC* echolink conference node: 278173 for
listen only purposes. It will remain connected for as long as IRESC is
active. Anyone with emergency/priority traffic or health and welfare traffic
should connect directly to *IRESC* echolink conference node: 278173.
Information on IRESC can be seen via the following link:
http://www.iresc. <http://www.iresc.org/> org/
SATERN is active on HF and has performed liasion with IRESC. Per the SATERN
web site, SATERN activities are active on 14.265 MHz Primary for daytime
operations and 7265 and 3977.7 Khz for evening and night time operations.
Information on SATERN can be seen via the following link:
http://www.satern. <http://www.satern.org/> org/
individuals that help with the VoIP Hurricane Net that either have direct
contact with Haiti or have relays into Haiti are strongly encouraged to
support SATERN and IRESC with their operations. This would benefit those
with Emergency/Priority and Health and Welfare traffic into Haiti. Stations
that have Health and Welfare traffic to Haiti can provide the info to these
groups but it may be several days before the messages will be delivered and
relayed back so those that can help with direct contact with Haiti or
contact through relays could help speed up the Health and welfare traffic
flow.
IRESC has requested net control help and VoIP Hurricane Net controls could
be of assistance. Those net controls are encouaged to contact Dennis-AE2EE.
His email address was provided on a notice that went only to the VoIP
Hurricane Net Net Control Email list.
We wish the best for the victims of this serious earthquake that has
affected Haiti. Another situation Report will be posted Friday evening or
sooner if a significant development involving direct contact with Haiti
occurs.
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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