Re: [Swprograms] Tsunami Concern

["larry fields,n6hpx/du1 manila" <n6hpx_du3@xxxxxxxxx>]

  Has any one heard anything about any of the Hams in
Thailand as they havve a large group in Phukett.

   Larry Fields, n6hpx/mm
   japan
--- Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think Victor`s near Colombo on the west side,
> which should have been OK. He`s
> probably busy with emergency ham communications.
> Wolfgang Buschel tells me that
> the DW relay station at Trincomalee on the east side
> seems to be operating
> normally; they have their own diesel power supply.  
> 
> Here`s what I posted a bit earlier on some DX lists:
> Glenn Hauser
> 
> ** INDIA. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760, 0005, AIR
> Port Blair (tentative),
> Indian songs, OM talks, 26.12.2004, SINPO 24332
> (Günter Lorenz, currently near
> Pavia, North Italy, Icom R75, 30 m Longwire, HCDX
> via DXLD)
> 
> This was less than an hour before the earthquake and
> tsunami hit. Nominal
> sign-on is 2355 UT; I doubt it will be on now. Altho
> there are some other
> cities near the east coast, the only major city
> right on the coast is Chennai
> (ex-Madras). On the dx_india list, Alokesh Gupta
> forwarded a press report that
> AIR Chennai was flooded.
> 
> Nominal sign-on times, per WRTH 2005:
> Chennai 4920 *0015
> Chennai 7270 *0025 [tests]
> 
> It may well be that many unaffected AIR stations
> elsewhere in India will be on
> extended emergency schedules.
> 
> I haven`t heard any specific news about Kolkata,
> Dhaka, BANGLADESH, and Yangon,
> MYANMAR, but let`s hope their positions somewhat
> inland, altho on the water,
> will have diminished tsunami damage.
> 
> ** INDONESIA. Banda Aceh was closest to the
> epicenter, but RRI here and other
> west-coast Sumatera cities such as Sibolga and
> Padang, have been off SW for
> some time.
> 
> ** SRI LANKA. Of the SW transmitter sites here, DW`s
> Trincomalee is on the east
> coast and likely to have been hit by the tsunami; is
> anyone hearing normal DW
> relays as scheduled here? Fortunately, Colombo is on
> the west side (Glenn
> Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> 
> ** MALDIVE ISLANDS. Hi Glenn, We need help. We are
> having a great difficulty in
> contacting the outlying islands. Please can we get
> help to find out the
> situation in the islands. Tomorrow we are contacting
> all the Aid agencies to
> get help to the individual islands. It seems as if
> the death toll here is going
> to rise and rise especially if we cannot get help to
> the outlying islands soon.
> 
> Minivan Radio is getting through to the islands - as
> long as people have dry
> batteries.
> 
> Do you have amateur radio specialists in the
> Maldives who can let us know what
> is going on? Telephones and internet are not working
> there.  It looks like we
> are back to Radio as the only thing that might be
> able to help these people.
> Hope you can help. Best Wishes (Dave Hardingham, UK,
> 1809 UT Dec 26, dxldyg via
> DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> 
> 
> 
> --- Jim Strader <jimstrader@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I know this is off topic but in case
> > you've been surrounded by family and 
> > friends and have been away from your 
> > radios  .. a large earthquake
> > has caused massive tidal waves in the 
> > Indian Ocean. Thousands of people are
> > hurt and displaced on hundreds of islands
> > and low lying areas in South Asia.
> > 
> > Sri Lanka has been hit heavily and my
> > thoughts and good karma have been concentrated
> > in Victor Goonetilleke's direction. 
> > 
> > peace in 2005
> > jim strader
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