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FCC Seeks Comments on Amateur 5 MHz (60 Meters) Allocation

by k4sac @ Wednesday, June 16th, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under FCC, emergency

The FCC has released a NPRM ET Docket 10-98 proposing to modify the allocations on the 60 meter band. Comments must be filed by July 15th, 2010. reply comments must be filed by July 30th, 2010. The 60 meter band is from 5060-5450khz. There are 5 channels allocated on a secondary basis to ham radio [...]

Haiti Earthquake Info….

by k4sac @ Thursday, January 14th, 2010. Tags: ,
Filed under emergency

SATERN is currently engaged in communications for the Haiti earthquake. Check out 14.265 and 7.265

Haiti Earthquake communications information

by k4sac @ Thursday, January 14th, 2010. Tags: , ,
Filed under emergency

IARU Region 2 Requests Frequencies Be Kept Clear After Massive Earthquake Strikes Haiti On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation’s capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted. No word has been received as [...]

KY ICE Storm 2009 cont’d

by k4sac @ Wednesday, February 11th, 2009. Tags:
Filed under KY SECTION, emergency

(The unedited ARRL KY4EOC PRESS Release) KY4EOC ICE STORM ACTIVATION In the grips of an Ice Encased Nightmare, the Kentucky emergency communication systems were jammed with traffic or totally shut down. After the storm, over a half million were without power and up to 55 water districts would be off line for days. For some [...]

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