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<div>I am forwarding this I received this evening. Please read the email from ARRL. Below.</div>
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<div> Allen wa1bee.</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 7:09 PM<br/>
<b>From:</b> "Jeff Ayres" <jeffayresgm@gmail.com><br/>
<b>To:</b> "Bob Azanow" <bazanow@verizon.net>, "Pi Pugh" <pi.k1rv@gmail.com>, "Allen Hiltz" <wa1bee@mail.com><br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies Clear</div>
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<div>Bob, Pi & Allen
<div>Please send an email blast to the club membership.<br/>
I think it is important.</div>
<div>Thanks,
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<div>73,</div>
<div>Jeff WK1D</div>
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<b>Date:</b> August 14, 2021 at 5:30:38 PM EDT<br/>
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<b>Subject:</b> <b>Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies Clear</b><br/>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies Clear </b><br/>
August 14, 2021 | ARRL<br/>
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In a <a href="https://www.iaru-r2.org/iaru-r2-pendiente-a-sismo-ocurrido-hoy-en-haiti/" target="_blank"> <b>statement</b></a> received by ARRL on August 14, 2021, <a href="https://www.iaru-r2.org/" target="_blank"> <b>Region 2</b></a> of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU-R2) has requested that radio amateurs in the Americas keep the following frequencies clear to support emergency communications in Haiti following an earthquake this morning: 3750 kHz, 7150 kHz and 14330 kHz. The statement came from IARU-R2 Emergency Coordinator (EMCOR) Carlos Alberto Santamaría González, CO2JC.<br/>
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According to preliminary information from the <a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov" target="_blank"> <b>United States Geological Survey</b></a> (USGS), a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on August 14, 2021 at 1229 UTC, about 12 kilometers northeast of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 33 kilometers to the east-northeast of Les Cayes, Haiti; 18.352 degrees north and 73.4801 degrees west at a depth of 10 km.<br/>
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Mr. Jean-Robert Gaillard, HH2JR, President of the Radio Club of Haiti, reported significant structural damage.<br/>
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International news reports fear high casualties.</p>
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