Help Haiti: Low-tech radios connect some Haitans

By John D. Sutter, from CNN In the brutal aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, Jean-Robert Gaillard turned to his low-tech radio for solace and for a lifeline. When the earthquake hit, the 57-year-old from Petionville, Haiti, found most of his normal lines of communication -- his cell phone, the Internet, even his ability to walk down the street and talk to someone -- severed by the disaster. But Gaillard used a neighbor's generator to power up his radio and connect to a handful of amat...

TECHFEST 2010 Press Release

Contact: Grant Miller Beaver Valley Amateur Radio Association (BVARA) Email: techfest@W3SGJ.org Press Release TECHFEST 2010: Where Technology, Scouting and Amateur Radio come together On the second weekend in February, hundreds of Amateur Radio operators, Boy Scouts and people interested in technology from all over the tri-state area will converge at the Baden American Legion in Beaver County, Pennsylvania for TECHFEST 2010. The event will be held from 8:00AM until 2:00PM on Sunday, Fe...

Help Haiti: Ham radio operators provide critical communication line during disasters

By Leticia Juarez, from 39Online.com In the aftermath of Haiti's 7.0 magnitude earthquake, amateur radio operators like Jeff Walter tuned in and listened. "We are listening for anything, any information that we can possibly relay or use in some manner to benefit somebody," said Walter, emergency coordinator for Harris County Amateur Radio. The wireless technology came in handy when Harris County was asked to in aid in the search for six Houston area Rotary Club members in Haiti. The...

Help Haiti: Salvation Army Net nightly on 75m

By Dave, KB3FXI Hello all, Salvation Army Net on 75m seems to be starting nightly at 10pm EST (03:00z). The purpose of the net is to handle health and welfare traffic for the Haiti Earthquake disaster. There are still virtually no HF station operational from the affected area but I would suspect that stations should be coming on line over the next few days. And with the scope of this disaster, I would suspect that there will be a lot of activity on the nets in the weeks to come. If ...

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Help Haiti: Ham Radios reach Haiti despite disaster

By Alex Cabrero, from KSL TV BOUNTIFUL -- Getting help to those in Haiti affected by the earthquake is going to be a challenge. For one, several communication towers have been toppled. That means no cell or landline phones for many residents. However, HAM radio operators are doing their best to make a connection. Video Courtesy of KSL.com Please note: Advertisement may play before video As soon as he heard about the Haiti earthquake, Gary Johnson knew the best way to get detai...

Help Haiti: ALE HF Net Active for Haiti Quake Emcomm

By Bonnie, KQ6XA, from eHam Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) announced a full activation alert for Emergency Disaster / Relief Communications (Emcomm) in response to the Haiti earthquake. The international system uses standard ham radio Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) on all HF bands, and the service footprint includes good coverage of Haiti during day and night conditions. Full alert status of volunteer operators in the North America and Caribbean area region was activated just a f...

Help Haiti: Ham Radio activity from Haiti heard

From Southgate Amateur Radio Club Some ham radio activity from Haiti is beginning to be heard, following yesterday's devastating earthquake. Father John Henault, HH6JH, in Port-au-Prince, made contact late Wednesday morning with the Intercontinental Assistance and Traffic Net (IATN) on 14.300 MHz, the IARU Global Centre of Activity frequency for emergency communications. Based on relays monitored at W2VU, Father John reported that he and those with him were safe, but had no power and no...

Help Haiti: Local Help Heads to Haiti

By John Potter, from KTVN Channel 2 At least one national charity with operations in Reno is already on the ground in quake-ravaged Haiti. "The Salvation Army is fortunate because we already have a presence in Haiti and Port-au-Prince, as well as a hospital that's just to the west of Port-au-Prince. We have an administrative office there, we actually have an emergency disaster team in Port-au-Prince." View the video report of this article above Please note: Advertisement may play bef...

Help Haiti: Ham radio operators heard quake news first

From NBC26 Dave Catalano of Green Bay listens intently to his HAM radio, trying pick up the latest information about the aftermath from the devastating earthquake in Haiti. "There's not a lot because communications are very short because the power that they have is mostly battery power," Catalano says. What information does trickle out over amateur radio waves in Haiti paints a very bleak picture. "Robert I think his name is down there in Haiti, reported that at 5:21 Eastern Time the...