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<P><FONT size=2>Evans F. Mitchell<BR>KD4EFM / WQFK-894<BR><BR> Fla. D-Star
Tech Support Group<BR> <A
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ARES A.E.C.<BR> <A
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> VOIP-WXNET@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:VOIP-WXNET@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>rmacedo@rcn.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:44
PM<BR><B>To:</B> VoIP-WX@yahoogroups.com;
VoIP-WXNet@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [VOIP-WXNET] Haiti Earthquake
Situation Report #3<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P>Hello to all.. <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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: <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>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.<WBR>... 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)
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Thanks for all you
are doing. <BR><BR>The remainder below is unchanged from the Thursday Evening
Update: <BR><BR>An updated ARRL Web Story is listed below: <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/14/11290/?nc=1">http://www.arrl.<WBR>org/news/<WBR>stories/2010/<WBR>01/14/11290/<WBR>?nc=1</A>
<BR><BR>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:
<BR><BR><A
href="http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/12397727/1885578730/name/Haiti%2Emp3">http://d.yimg.<WBR>com/kq/groups/<WBR>12397727/<WBR>1885578730/<WBR>name/Haiti%<WBR>2Emp3</A>
<BR><BR>The edit clips from Amateur Radio Newsline and the text transcript can
be heard at the following link: <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.arnewsline.org">http://www.arnewsli<WBR>ne.org</A> <BR><BR>Some
interesting information has been made available via the stormcarib.com storm
blog concerning relief operations. This can be seen via the following link:
<BR><BR><A
href="http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/haiti.shtml">http://stormcarib.<WBR>com/reports/<WBR>current/haiti.<WBR>shtml</A>
<BR><BR>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: <BR><BR>Haiti Update <BR><A
href="http://aren.ie/news/2010/01/14/haiti-update-2/">http://aren.<WBR>ie/news/2010/<WBR>01/14/haiti-<WBR>update-2/</A>
<BR>The following update was received from Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P. By Greg
Mossop, IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator <BR><BR>RCD and URDA
en route to Haiti <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Victor has a blog which hopefully he will update with
more news from Haiti: www.hi8vb.tk <BR><BR>From ARRL HQ, Media and Public
Relations Manager Allen Pitts-W1AGP had the following information today:
<BR><BR>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: <BR><BR><A
href="http://ares.ema.arrl.org/local/lost_family.doc">http://ares.<WBR>ema.arrl.<WBR>org/local/<WBR>lost_family.<WBR>doc</A>
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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: <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Please keep the nets clear for emergency and priority traffic
on frequencies : <BR>14300 <BR>14265 <BR>7045 <BR>7265 <BR>3977 <BR>3720
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) is now <BR>on ALERT for
Haiti earthquake Emergency / Disaster <BR>Relief Communications (EMCOMM)
<BR><BR>====HFLINK SPECIAL BULLETIN==== 13 JAN 2010 <BR>Alert: Haiti Earthquake
EMCOMM <BR><BR>HFN Pilot Stations are active and ready 24/7 <BR>for ALE calling,
relay, and internet messages. <BR><BR>All operators are encouraged to
participate in <BR>the ALE Comm Centre live operator chat room <BR><A
href="http://hflink.">http://hflink.</A> net <BR>and activate ALE radios on the
ALE channels: <BR><BR>HFN net (text/internet/ sounding/ calling) <BR>3596.0 USB
<BR>7102.0 USB <BR>10145.5 USB <BR>14109.0 USB <BR>18106.0 USB <BR>21096.0 USB
<BR>24926.0 USB <BR>28146.0 USB <BR><BR>HFL net (emcomm/voice/ calling)
<BR>3791.0 USB <BR>7185.5 USB <BR>14346.0 USB <BR>18117.5 USB <BR>21437.5 USB
<BR>24932.0 USB <BR>28312.5 USB <BR><BR>============ ========= ====== <BR>END OF
BULLETIN <BR>============ ========= ====== <BR>Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA
<BR>International Emcomm Coordinator <BR>Global ALE High Frequency Network
<BR><A href="http://hflink.">http://hflink.</A> net <BR><BR>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: <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>73, <BR>Jim Ward
N1LKJ STM <BR><BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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: <BR><BR><A href="http://www.iresc.org/">http://www.iresc.<WBR>org/</A>
<BR><BR>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: <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.satern.org/">http://www.satern.<WBR>org/</A>
<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>73,Rob-KD1CY. <BR>Director of Operations for the VoIP
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