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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:

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The following is a situation report on the Amateur Radio response to the Haiti Earthquake. The following is a situation report on the Amateur Radio response to the Haiti Earthquake. Many 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 today and an Amateur Radio strike team from the Dominican Republic will be in Haiti Friday January 15th. An updated ARRL Web Story is listed below:

http://www.arrl.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.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.arnewsline.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:

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The following is a situation report on the Amateur Radio response to the Haiti Earthquake. Many 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). As of late Wednesday Evening, contact with the affected area has been very difficult. There was brief contact made on one of the HF Nets earlier today. This information is listed below as provided by ARRL and other groups along with a link to an ARRLWeb Story:

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2010/01/13/11288/?nc=1

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The International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) and the Salvation Army Team Emergency Response Network (SATERN) are both 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.org/

SATERN is active on HF and has performed liasion with IRESC. Per the SATERN web site, SATERN activities are active on 14.235 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.org/

Where this is not a hurricane related incident, the VoIP Hurricane Net will not be directly involved in operations, however, net controls and 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 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.

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I hope everyone had a great holiday season and a very Happy New Year. Our first net of 2010 will be at 7 PM EST/6 PM CST/5 PM MST/4 PM PST (Saturday Evening in North America) or 0000 UTC and will feature a presentation from VoIP Hurricane Technical Coordinator, Tony Langdon-VK3JED, on Changes in Echolink and IRLP Bridge Technology. A link to the presentation appears below:

http://www.voipwx.net/files/Changes_In_EchoLink_and_IRLP_Technology.ppt

A recording will be made available after the net Saturday Evening for folks who cannot make it. We are hoping to make training topics a part of our monthly net during the hurricane off season months. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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I would like to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Holiday Season. The 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season was extraordinarily quiet with just 2 Hurricane Net Activations this year. The first one being Hurricane Bill for the Canadian Maritimes and the second activation being for Hurricane Ida which approached the Gulf Coast as a hurricane but weakened to a tropical storm before landfall.

While the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been quiet, the 2010 Season has the potential to be more active per the early Atlantic Hurricnae outlook from Dr. Gray earlier this month. In addition, while it has been a quiet season, the VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team continues to take steps to improve the net as we move into 2010 by preparing to offer Net Control Training for net controls, presentations for the monthly nets during the off-season hurricane months and the team continues work getting more activity from stations in and near the affected area of hurricanes. We are also always looking for more net controls for our net.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team is very grateful to all stations that participate in our net on a weekly/monthly basis and those stations that give reports from their affected area during hurricanes as well as stations that relay reports from stations in the affected area. Without your support, this net would not be successful nor would the operations of WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricnae Center, which will be entering its 30th year of service in 2010, and continues an incredible exemplary service to the community. We are also grateful to play such an important role in their operation.

Once again, a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holiday season to all. We look forward to working with everyone again in 2010! Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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From the NOAA web site, a slow Atlantic Hurricane Season comes to a close. See the link below for info:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091130_endhurricaneseason.html

Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.

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From Assistant Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) Net Manager, Brad Pioveson-W9FX, the Hurricane Watch Net will be sponsoring a special event station November 29th and 30th. Details and frequency info follow in the press release as received by Brad below:

http://www.voipwx.net/files/HWN44.pdf

73,Rob-KD1CY.

Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

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