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I have heard very little about the Ham Support for the earthquake in Haiti. I heard from websites like "http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-383324" that Earthquake net frequencies are - 7045, 3720 kHz - Please keep clear... My question (aside from that given information) is that I was wondering if anyone has heard any activity on these frequencies or if anyone has been able to offer any help or anything. I know that Hams are quick to spring into action upon any emergency, but as of yesterday asking around, nobody had anything to offer if the Hams were able to do anything yet. Just looking to hear if anyone has heard any more than I have or have even been able to hear anything on air or anything really. W4NKR |
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14.300 MHz is one of the reserved frequencies listed in the ARRL advisory. It is described as the Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net. I have heard faint traffic on this frequency, but I could not understand what was being said. ---Michael |
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Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) announced a full activation alert for Emergency Disaster / Relief Communications (Emcomm) in response to the Haiti earthquake. The international system uses standard ham radio Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) on all HF bands, and the service footprint includes good coverage of Haiti during day and night conditions. Full alert status of volunteer operators in the North America and Caribbean area region was activated just a few hours after the earthquake hit, and it will remain at high status until relief efforts no longer experience communications emergency conditions. HFN operators constantly provide an open international Emcomm 24/7 worldwide HF net simultaneously on all ham radio HF bands for 2-way communications with stations in the field. The net includes direct HF selective calling, group call, message relay, and internet messages. It is the only network of its kind, able to seamlessly utilize either the standard ALE HF radios that emergency response agencies have, or normal ham radio transceivers with laptop/PC computers common to amateur radio Emcomm organizations. Email and station tracking is available via the primary base stations in the net. SSB voice and all other modes can be used. All operators involved in Emcomm and Disaster Response are encouraged to participate in the ALE Comm Centre live operator chat room at HFLINK.NET and activate Automatic Link Establishment on the international ALE frequencies: HFN Primary Data Net (emcomm/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 SSB Voice Net (emcomm/selective calling or group calling) 3791.0 USB 7185.5 USB 14346.0 USB 18117.5 USB 21437.5 USB 24932.0 USB 28312.5 USB ==================================== Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA International Emcomm Coordinator, Global ALE High Frequency Network http://hflink.net K4RFE |
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eHam.net is reporting that at least one contact has been made on 20m (http://www.eham.net/articles/23142). That news is two days old, and I'm seeing lots of articles about 2m activity (or a desire to get a 2m repeater network). I suppose the bigger risk is the urge to reply if you hear traffic from Haiti and don't think the net control operator got it. Would there be a pile-up trying to notify net control, or trying to respond to the caller? This is why it's good to participate in local training nets. |
Thank you for asking this question. It brought in some very good information.
---Michael