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    From garlicman@None to alt.ham-radio.hf on Tue Mar 20 11:46:01 2007
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    I'm a new ham, still /AG and waiting to drop it.

    I was thinking about emergency situations today. I know the local 2m and
    70cm repeaters for ARES and RACES use, the backup simplex frequencies, and
    the local public service VHF frequencies.

    But where do I tune in on HF during a local or national emergency? What happened during 9/11 on HF? Should I keep a list of these frequencies handy with the others?


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  • From garlicman@None to alt.ham-radio.hf on Tue Mar 20 15:30:26 2007
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf


    "garlicman" <None> wrote in message news:OYSdnd91I5lttp3bnZ2dnUVZ_rqhnZ2d@comcast.com...
    I'm a new ham, still /AG and waiting to drop it.


    Too much cold medicine.

    Correction: I'm a new General. This is my fifth year as a ham.


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  • From Buck@usenet01@lumpuckeroo.com to alt.ham-radio.hf on Wed Mar 21 08:37:55 2007
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf

    On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:46:01 -0700, "garlicman" <None> wrote:

    I'm a new ham, still /AG and waiting to drop it.

    I was thinking about emergency situations today. I know the local 2m and >70cm repeaters for ARES and RACES use, the backup simplex frequencies, and >the local public service VHF frequencies.

    But where do I tune in on HF during a local or national emergency? What >happened during 9/11 on HF? Should I keep a list of these frequencies handy >with the others?


    Check with your local club. There are a number of regional nets on HF
    such as the East Coast Amateur Radio Service (East CARS), South CARS,
    etc. There are state-NTS Traffic nets. And you can do a search on
    the internet for your state and ARES to find other nets.
    Buck
    --
    For what it's worth.
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  • From wf3h@wf3h@vsswireless.net to alt.ham-radio.hf on Fri Mar 23 19:57:46 2007
    From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.hf


    garlicman wrote:
    I'm a new ham, still /AG and waiting to drop it.

    I was thinking about emergency situations today. I know the local 2m and
    70cm repeaters for ARES and RACES use, the backup simplex frequencies, and the local public service VHF frequencies.

    But where do I tune in on HF during a local or national emergency? What happened during 9/11 on HF? Should I keep a list of these frequencies handy with the others?

    when I was with the red cross in NYC after 9/11 we used local
    repeaters for comms. since the repeaters on the WTC were no longer
    there, we used the one on the chrysler building, 147.000.

    depending on how widespread the emergency is, local repeaters will be
    used first, then HF. the FCC will sometimes allocate ham frequencies
    for emergency comms and these will be announced by the ARRL in its
    news bulletins published on the 'net. you can go to the ARRL website
    and subscribe to get these announcements.

    you can also tune to local emergency services...i was also with the
    coast guard in NYC and we had a number of operations going on the
    maritime VHF frequencies, mostly 157.05...but much of this was
    encrypted.

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