ai6yr, 7 months ago

#hamradio #Mexico #Otis #HurricaneOtis #disaster

ai6yr, 7 months ago

"Emergency Communications Coordinator International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Emergency Communications Coordinator Carlos Alberto Santamaría González, CO2JC, said frequency protection has been requested for the following bands and frequencies

80-meter band: 3690 kHz
40-meter band: 7060 and 7095 kHz
20-meter band: 14.120 kHz"

#Otis #Mexico #hamradio #disaster

CavedaleRhones, 7 months ago

@ai6yr IIRC those are CW frequencies in the US. Is it different in Mexico?

ai6yr, 7 months ago

@CavedaleRhones Yes, different frequencies in Mexico...

diatomato, 7 months ago

@ai6yr but what does it mean? What are the implications?

ai6yr, 7 months ago

@diatomato If the ham radio folks are involved, high degree of infrastructure impact.

diatomato, 7 months ago

@ai6yr that’s what I was thinking. Too much reliance on Big Cellular. Break out the walkie talkies, compasses, and hard copy maps.

rombat, 7 months ago

@ai6yr I think 14.120 kHz is lower than 20m. 😉

ai6yr, 7 months ago

@rombat 🤔

g0dub, 7 months ago

@ai6yr
A more public facing article from Mexico is at https://consumotic.mx/telecom/huracan-otis-la-invaluable-labor-de-la-radioaficion-mexicana/

blogan52, 7 months ago

@ai6yr I knew you already saw this.... lol... glad I searched before posting.... btw, here is the link

https://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-operators-provide-post-hurricane-communications-in-mexico

your_huckleberry, 7 months ago

@ai6yr if you're in the US, a GMRS license is relatively cheap and super easy to get. It would be awesome if we could get local governments to put up some repeaters.