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Re: [CQ-Contest] Italian Earthquake Disaster Frequencies

To: Henk Remijn <hremijn@remijn.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Italian Earthquake Disaster Frequencies
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:37:52 -0700
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On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 08:35:03AM -0700, Henk Remijn wrote:
> Of course I willl keep these frequencies clear, but I dont understand
> why they have choosen these frequencies.
> 
> The emergency centre of activities of IARU Region 1 are 3760 and 7110.
> Before March 29, the 40m frequency was 7060.
> Now 7040-7060 is allocated for digital modes.
> 
> As not everybody is reading internet sources how can they know where
> the traffic is going on this time?

Unfortunately, the ARI web site does not have any information on it at all
about emergency communications for earthquake relief:

http://www.associazioneradioamatoritaliani.it/


 
> Henk PA5KT
> 
> Quoting Julius Fazekas <phriendly1@yahoo.com>:
> 
> >
> > Sounds like the next few weekends QSO parties will need to shift up   
> >  or down on 40. Hopefully, they will not experience any repeat quakes.
> >
> >> From ARRL website:
> >
> > Emergency Frequencies Declared for Italian Earthquake (Apr 6, 2009)   
> >  -- An earthquake that registered between 5.8 and 6.3 magnitude    
> > struck L'Aquila, the capital of Italy's Abruzzo region, about 65    
> > miles northeast of Rome, early Monday morning. News reports say the   
> >  quake has killed more than 90 people, with at least 50,000 left    
> > homeless. According to cluster spots, 7045 and 3640 kHz are being    
> > used as emergency frequencies, so please keep these frequencies clear.
> >
> >
> >
> > Julius Fazekas
> > N2WN
> >
> > Tennessee Contest Group
> > http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
> >
> > Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009
> > http://www.tnqp.org/
> >
> > Elecraft K2/100 #4455
> > Elecraft K3/100 #366
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