Last minute information: After arriving to Port au Prince the HI8RCD/HH team had to abort their mission due to the present insecurity, the 8 member team arrived safely to Jimani. The team installed a VHF repeater that covers both Port au Prince and Santo Domingo and it’s being used by the Red Cross and the Civil Defense.
Victor Baez, HI8VB, Secretary of the Radio Club Dominicano (RCD) reports that the RCD with UDRA, Unión Dominicana de Radio Aficionados, are preparing to go to Port au Prince early morning of Friday January 15 to install an emergency radio Communications stastion, HI8RCD/HH, and a mobile station.
Victor has a blog which hopefully he will update with more news from Haiti: www.hi8vb.tk
Frequencies which will be used by Radio Club Dominicano ‑RCD- with the callsign HI8RCD/HH from the Embassy of the Dominican Republic will be 7.045, 7.065, 7.265, and 3.720 (Recommended for Emergency Communication by IARU), and the 2m repeater at 147.970. Please keep these frequencies clear from interference.
Follow the news of the support radio amateurs are providing in Haiti: http://twitter.com/iaru_r2
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