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** FROM : "dBc" <not_necessary@thanks.com>
Greetings..
I appreciate the posting and heads up on what efforts are being made
to the natural disaster over in China.
Regarding:
Michael Chen, BD5RV/4
Someone needs to tell this poor chap how to abbreviate frequency
properly! Megahertz is MHz. Like the gentleman's name, Mr. Hertz, it
_always_ uses a capital "H."
Cheers,
Mr. Mentor
Hz, kHz, MHz, GHz etc. Radio amateurs *should* know this..
"Howard W3CQH" <hsgorden@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:u5GdnacUrafpbbTVnZ2dnUVZ_tajnZ2d@comcast.com...
| Just received this through a ARES reflector
| =============================
|
| ""Strong earthquake hits China, all ham radio operators stand by
PLEASE HELP
| TO SPREAD THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE
|
| Strong earthquake hits China, all ham radio operators stand by A
Magnitude
| 7.8 earthquake hits Sichuan, China on Monday, May 12, 2008 at
06:28:04 UTC.
| Casualties and loss unknown up to now. According to Chinese Radio
Sports
| Association, 14.270Mhz, 7.050 and 7.060 Mhz are preserved for
amateur radio
| emergency service in the rescue. Please spread this message as far
as you
| can and keep the frequencies clean for emergency use. Thank you.
|
| --------------------
| Yesterday, 05:57 PM
| BG8AAS from Chengdu, Sichuan reported that local UHF repeater
survived in
| the disaster. It keeps functioning from the 1st minute and more than
200
| local radio hams are now on that repeater. A group of hams from
Chengdu has
| headed for Wenchuan, the center of the quake, trying to setup
emergency
| communication services there.
|
| BA8AB, also from Chengdu, Sichuan, is active on the 40m emergency
frequency.
| Up to now, no further information available from the center zone of
the
| quake. There are a few radio amateurs there, but all of the
communications
| have been cut out, including amateur radio.
| -------------------------
| Yesterday, 06:58 PM
| Update
|
| According to BG8AAS, local UHF repeater in Chengdu keeps busy
running after
| the quake. It helps to direct social vehicles to transport the
wounded from
| Dujiangyan, Beichuan, and other regions. Another UHF repeater also
starts
| its working in Mianyan, supported by generators.
| However, they are going to face a shortage of gas.
|
| Damage in Chengdu remains in the lowest level, but the situation is
very
| very bad in the counties around. A few towns are said to be
destroyed
| completely. More than 7000 died in the town of Beichuan. Casualties
in
| several other towns are still unknown and not counted in the
published
| numbers.
|
| It is a long and sad day.
| -----------------------
| Today, 08:31 AM
| Your attention please! 14.270Mhz is now reserved for ARES in 5.12
earth
| quake in Sichuan, China. Please help to keep this frequency clear.
|
| A group of radio amateurs is now transmitting from Wenchuan, the
center of
| quake. Its signal is reported to be very weak. They tried to keep
| communication with BY8AA in Chengdu, seeking for all resources
needed.
| During a contact finished a few minutes ago, they were asking for
raincoats,
| water, tents, and outdoor living facilities.
|
| PLEASE HELP TO FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL RELEVANT FORUMS, MAILING
LISTS,
| AND NEWS RESOURCES. MEANWHILE, KEEP THE ABOVE FREQUENCY CLEAN FOR
EMERGENCY
| COMMUNICATION.
|
| Michael Chen, BD5RV/4""
|
|
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