DEAR WORLD RADIO AMATEURS – DUE TO THE MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY, 28.540 MHZ (USB) FREQUENCY HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS A DISASTER COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY

PLEASE DO NOT BUSY THIS FREQUENCY 73 TA1XX

A 7.8 Magnitude earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria at 01:17UTC on 6th February leading to a large loss of life and many casualties. Aftershocks continue in the area with another large 7.5 magnitude event happening at 10:24UTC affecting the response. The emergency communications group of TRAC will be involved in the response activities, primarily expected to be on VHF/UHF but they do also use 3.777 and 7.092MHz as needed. Radio Amateurs are requested to give way to any emergency traffic around those frequencies.

https://www.iaru-r1.org/2023/turkiye-earthquake-6-february-2023/

Prayers to the people who lost their lives. Sorry this happened…..

Thank you dear OM,

As 3C3CA I was monitoring all the day the frequency.

As originally TA2OM, I’m grateful to all OM’s keeping the frequency clear for important, responsible announcements. Yes they were some people send CW on the fq or using only +2 to have QSO, it was clear readable also in Equatorial Guinea.

We are very sad…

73

Prayers are being lifted up from the world for your country as well as Syria, Ismail Cakir. This is devastating news.

Ten hasn’t been in bloom today so maybe that is a good thing. As has been said Prayers for those suffering.

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