[WARC] Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica, Emergency Ham Frequency Declared

[Tom Peterson]

*Attention All Amateurs...* *Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica, Emergency =

Ham Frequency Declared* (Jan 9, 2009) -- On Thursday, January 8 at 1921 =

UTC, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Central =

American country of Costa Rica. The earthquake, with an epicenter =

located about 22 miles northeast of San Jose, comes after a series of =

almost 60 seismic events that have rocked the country since early this =

week. The Radio Club de Costa Rica (RCCR <http://ti0rc.org/cms/>) -- =

that country's IARU <http://www.iaru.org>Member-Society -- is monitoring =

local repeaters and 7090 kHz. IARU Region 2 Emergency Communications =

Coordinator Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, requests =

<http://www.arrl.org/news/files/Actividad_Sismica_en_Costa_Rica.pdf>that =

7090 kHz be kept clear of non-essential traffic due to possible =

emergency communications dealing with the earthquake. The ARRL =

encourages all amateurs to be aware of the emergency operations on this =

frequency. US amateurs should avoid interfering with Spanish language =

SSB while using digital modes.

http://www.arrl.org/?artid=3D8695
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