International Amateur Radio Union

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS – COLOMBIA EARTHQUAKE

Fol­low­ing the earth­quake in Colom­bia, the Colom­bian Ama­teur Radio League (LCR) has acti­vat­ed its emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions network.

LCR is using the fol­low­ing fre­quen­cies for emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Colombia:

80 m: 3985 kHz
40 m: 7060, 7240, and 7275 kHz
20 m: 14300 kHz
17 m: 18160 kHz
15 m: 21360 kHz

IARU Region 3 urges ama­teur radio oper­a­tors through­out Region 3 to respect these fre­quen­cies and avoid caus­ing inter­fer­ence when­ev­er they are being used by the Colom­bian emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions network.

Oper­a­tors are encour­aged to mon­i­tor these fre­quen­cies where prop­a­ga­tion per­mits and to give pri­or­i­ty to emer­gency traf­fic should it be heard.

We thank all ama­teur radio oper­a­tors for their coop­er­a­tion and sup­port dur­ing this emer­gency response.

Ageng Aditya, YB1BTM
Chair, IARU Region 3 Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Committee