Situation report on China earthquake
<b><font size="4">Situation report on China earthquake</font></b><br><br>
The involvement in the Sichuan earthquake disaster of ham radio
continues with the latest report that the Red Cross has enlisted the
emergency communication skills of radio amateurs.<br>
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The IARU radio society, the <b>Chinese Radio Sports Association</b>
reports that long distance telephone services were at times congested
in the Chengdu area, presumably due to a heavy demand and damage, and
it was asked to set up HF station in Chengdu.<br>
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Under the callsign <b>BT8RC</b> it established a good channel for
the Chinese Red Cross Foundation from Beijing to Chengdu. This is
providing communications to enable the relief agency to more
effectively carry out its work.<br>
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Other cities in the earthquake area had setup or restored VHF and UHF
repeaters and amateur radio communication teams to assist with
communication. <br>
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The Sichuan Radio Sports Association station <b>BY8AA</b> has been helping many others with communication and during one week had an operational log of 300 pages.<br>
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The CRSA sends it thanks to the amateur radio community for keeping
three frequencies - 7050, 7060 and 14270 kiloHertz clear these are
continuing to be used for emergency communications.<br>
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The nation of China is in mourning for the estimated 50,000 people
killed in the earthquake on the 12th of May which measured eight on the
Richter scale.<br>
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It is China's most deadliest earthquake in 32 years. More than 245,000 were injured and 2 million are homeless.<br> 1 1 1 1 1
