[SCCC] Fwd: FW: Amateur Radio Support for the Earthquake in Haiti

[Michael Tope]

A number of people on the list have sent me emails pointing out that 
Haitians primarily speak French / Creole. That occurred to me as well. 
The message I got from my friend is as stated below. Apparently he 
overhead net control complaining about not having Spanish speakers on 
frequency. That is all I know. Courtney is a pretty careful operator, so 
I doubt the net control said French of Creole. As to whether the net 
control was mixed up, I can't say. I can think of several reasons why 
they might need someone fluent in Spanish. Haiti is next to the 
Dominican Republic. Perhaps there was some traffic coming from HI or 
there are some Spanish speaking ex-patriots in Haiti trying to pass 
traffic. If you do speak Spanish (or French/Creole for that matter) and 
have some time perhaps you can listen on 14265. It's probably much ado 
about nothing, but I thought I would pass the message on just in case.

Thanks & 73,

Mike W4EF.............

On 1/17/2010 11:23 AM, Michael Tope wrote:
> I heard from my friend Courtney N5BF that the emergency net on 14.265
> was need of operators fluent in Spanish last night. If you are bilingual
> Spanish/English and have a good 20 meter antenna system, you may be of
> value to their operation.
>
> 73, Mike W4EF..........................
>
> *From:* Courtney Duncan
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:25 PM
> ***Cc:* Tope, Michael C
> *Subject:* Re: Amateur Radio Support for the Earthquake in Haiti
>
> Right now net control on 14.265 is lamenting that nobody on frequency
> speaks Spanish.
>
> ... then there's that...
>
> ...and the hour is getting late in the Caribbean.  It would be about sunset.
>
> 'bf
>
>
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