Von: BueschelW@web.de im Auftrag von Wolfgang Bueschel ...

CHILE/USA Terremoto en Chile.
On Febr 27th listened to US ham radio station on 14275usb, endless loop
annmt from 1700 to 2200 UT fade-out. Also on Febr 28th from approx.
1100 UT again.
"This is K1MAN, the International Amateur Radio Network is activated for
the disaster and Tsunami caused by the earth quake in Chile ... Emergency
and costal workers can contact and send an e-mail to
or by radio contact K1MAN asking a control operator on 14322 kHz to call
2074952215 - Radio operators and other emergency volunteers are needed
..."
(Roland Schulze-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 1)
CVC Calera de Tango site survived the quake, still on air with usual good
signal here. 17680 kHz at 1812 UT check with reports in Spanish about the
quake, e.g. the airport is closed; no doubt from the Miami studios, as it
would be unthinkable to originate anything from Chile itself.
Telemundo and Univision are also covering it on US television.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld March 4)
So at least this antenna is still intact. 31 mB frequencies and HCJB
relays still on air, too? See
Picture 5 is a location close to the transmitter site; photos of it show
the mountains in the background under the same angle. Perhaps I
overestimate the effects on masts (since the light poles besides the
collapsed bridges in Santiago still stand as if nothing has happened), but
in light of these pictures it would appear to be a miracle if the antenna
facility remained basically undamaged.
(Kai Ludwig, dxld)
Earthquake / CVC-Chile.
Dear CVC family, I'm writing from the CV shortwave site at Calera de
Tango, Santiago, Chile, after the big earthquake we had over the whole
center-southern part of the country. The situation is a bit complicated in
the cities affected by the earthquake, because the public transport and
communications are not working properly. Also there is a lack of
electricity and water in many places.
For me, it has been very difficult to get in contact with the rest of the
team, but with the hours, it has been possible to get in contact with the
enough people to get on the transmitters. Some of the personnel haven't
been able to come to work because they are affected and are afraid of the
other following earthquakes after the main one, which we feel very often.
Also, at the site, there is a lot of glass in the structure and offices,
but just one big glass has broken and some small damages in the building,
but anyway personnel are afraid of coming and leave their families alone.
At least, until now I haven't heard about personal damages to some member
of the team or their families, thanks God. Finally, some of the
technicians who live near to the site will be able to follow the
transmissions until 10PM as normal transmissions.
Thanks to Sergio, Antonio Suazo and Ariel who were able to stay. Also, we
hope tomorrow morning we will be able to start the transmissions at 8AM as
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