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  • [RAC] Update on Emergency Communications in Turkey after Earthquake

    From Radio Amateurs of Canada@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 21:42:47 2023
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    ** Update on Emergency Communications in Turkey after Earthquake

    ------------------------------------------------------------ https://www.rac.ca/update-on-emergency-communications-in-turkey/

    For immediate release:

    February 6, 2023 –

    The following news post is from Carlos Alberto Santamaría Gonzál
    ez, CO2JC, the Emergency Coordinator, for Region 2 of the the Intern
    ational Amateur Radio Union (IARU R2):

    “As you know, last night there was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake th
    at mainly affected Turkey and Syria but also other neighbouring countries
    with 3,700 people dead and more than 16,000 injured until the last ho
    urs, but it is suspected that there are more.

    According to information received from the Emergency Coordinators of the I
    ARU Region 1 countries and especially from Greg Mossop, G0DUB, the Eme
    rgency Communications Coordinator for this region, communications in Tur
    key are mainly on VHF, but transmissions in Turkish have been heard on t
    he frequency of 28.540 MHz, although they can also use 3.777 and 7.092 M
    Hz. For this reason we ask our colleagues at IARU R2 to protect those freq uencies and be on the lookout in case we can help with anything.

    As for Syria, it has been reported that apparently there are not many Ra
    dio Amateurs there, so we do not know if there is any frequency in use i
    n that country.

    Aziz ŞASA, TA1E, Turkish Emergency Communications coordinator,
    suggested that any help from other countries to his should be coordinated
    through the Turkish embassy in each country.

    Humanitarian aid groups from several European countries are currently movi
    ng into the affected regions.

    We appreciate the concern of colleagues from IARU R2 member societies for
    this earthquake that has occurred in these countries.

    We offer our condolences to all the people and colleagues in the countries
    affected by this terrible disaster.”

    --

    Carlos Alberto Santamaria Gonzalez, CO2JC
    emcor@iaru-r2.org
    Emergency Communications Coordinator
    International Amateur Radio Union, Region 2.





    Alan Griffin
    RAC MarCom Director

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