• Emergency Net Activated in Wake of Earthquake in Mexico

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Sat Sep 9 01:24:10 2017
    09/08/2017

    The National Emergency Net of the FMRE[1] - Mexico's national Amateur Radio association, has activated on 7.060 MHz (the Net also may operate on 3.690 MHz) to handle any emergency traffic after a late evening earthquake occurred off Mexico's coast. Radio amateurs not involved in the earthquake disaster should avoid those frequencies.

    The potent magnitude 8.2 earthquake off Mexico's Pacific Coast - the strongest in 100 years - has resulted in multiple fatalities so far, including 23 in Oaxaca, seven in Chiapas, and 2 in Tabasco. Rescue and recovery efforts are under way to free victims trapped in the rubble.

    The tremor was felt around Central America. At 0500 UTC, Jose Arturo Molina, YS1MS, reported feeling a strong temblor within a few minutes of the earthquake in Chiapas, which is near Mexico's border with Guatemala. In Honduras, Antonio Handal, HR2DX, located on the North Coast, also reported feeling the quake.

    The Central American Network operates at 7.090 kHz, and Guatemala at 7.075 MHz. No reports have been heard yet from Guatemalan radio amateurs. In Southeastern Mexico, FMRE has a link to the WL2K Network with capacity to cover Mexico and Central America. - Thanks to IARU Region 2 Coordinator Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, for some information

     


    [1] http://www.fmre.org.mx/index.php

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