From the CQ / WorldRadio Online Newsroom:

All radio amateurs are requested to keep 7045 kHz and 3720 kHz clear 
for possible emergency traffic related to today's major earthquake in Haiti.

International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region II Area C Emergency 
Coordinator Arnie Coro, CO2KK, reports that as of 0245 UTC on January 
13, nothing had been heard from radio amateurs in Haiti, but that the 
above frequencies were being kept active in case any Haitian hams 
manage to get on the air, and in case of other related events in 
surrounding areas, including aftershocks and a possible tsunami.

The following is from an e-mail from CO2KK:

A few minutes after the earthquake was felt in eastern Cuba's cities, 
the Cuban Federation of Radio Amateurs Emergency Net was activated, 
with net control stations CO8WM and CO8RP located in the city of 
Santiago de Cuba, and in permanent contact with the National 
Seismology Center of Cuba located in that city.

Stations in the city of Baracoa, in Guantanamo province, were also 
activated immediately as the earth movements were felt even stronger 
there, due to its proximity to Haiti. CO8AZ and CO8AW went on the air 
immediately , with CM8WAL following.  At the early phase of the 
emergency, the population of the city of Baracoa was evacuated far 
away from the coast, as there was a primary alert of a possible 
tsunami event or of a heavy wave trains sequence impacting the coast 
line at the city's sea wall ...

Baracoa could not contact Santiago de Cuba stations on 40 meters due 
to long skip after 5 PM local time, so several stations in western 
Cuba and one in the US State of Florida provided relays. CO2KK, as 
IARU Region II Area C Emergency Coordinator, helped to organize the 
nets , on 7045 kHz and also on 3720 kHz, while local nets in Santiago 
de Cuba and Baracoa operated on 2 meters.

As late as 9,45 PM local time 0245 UTC we have not been able to 
contact any amateur or  emergency services stations in Haiti.

Amateurs from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela were 
monitoring the 40 meter band frequency, that I notified to the IARU 
Region II executive Ramon Santoyo XE1KK as in use for the emergency, 
requesting that 7045 kHz be kept as clear as possible ...

We are still keeping watch on 7045 kHz hoping that someone in Haiti 
may have access to a transceiver and at least a car battery to run it.

All information that has so far come from the Cuban seismologists 
tell us of a very intense earthquake, and also of the possibility of 
other events following.

Following the advice of the geophysicists, we are keeping the 7045 
and 3720 kiloHertz frequencies active until further notice

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