Tom, I've been asked where we stand on the 50 requested volunteer operators. Are we full yet, or are there still spaces to be filled? '73 de JIM N2ZZ Director - Roanoke Division Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL - The National Association for Amateur RadioT From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF (CEO) Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 8:01 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:26737] Status Report from Puerto Rico--Oscar Resto SM <mailto:o.resto@live.com> The situation in PR is very devastating across all the island. Communications via land phone or Mobiles are almost null. In respect to the local Ham repeaters we may have a few working partially with damage antennas. So we are using simplex frequencies 146.52MHZ. Even the Police Headquarters are down in their repeaters. Moreover the State Police are in the Ham VHF frequency. Driving toward the temporary American Red Cross (ARC) HQ due to flooding a no operational generator at their quarters. The ARC stablished an incident center at the Marriott Courtyard San Juan Miramar. The may move to a new site tomorrow. Driving 25 miles from my home to San Juan I heard the PR Power Authority on 146.52 coordinating fuel and Diesel for the offices at the Monacillo Control Center and several power plants. The power system is fully shut down for all the Island. Most gasoline Service Stations are destroyed or have run out of fuel with lines of people of more than 200 people long. What we need? --Oscar I have attached the report of Oscar Resto, PR Section manager received last evening from San Juan. The principal communications problems stem from loss of electrical power with total outages throughout the island. Hams are providing 2-meter communications to both the police and the power company since their trunked UHF systems are not operational. Oscar needs: 1. Portable generators powered by gasoline which is available to Oscar from the Red Cross (we are sending seven); 2. One or two VHF repeaters to be placed on a mountain top for wide-area coverage for police and power company use (we are attempting to locate); 3. Lots of coaxial cables, fitted with connectors (no soldering available) in 100' lengths; 4. Diamond dual-band antennas to replace damaged repeater antennas; 5. solar powered kits for use in the more rural areas. We are supplying this from HQ in addition to 25 Ham Aid kits ordered yesterday from DX Engineering for delivery in HQ today. These units will travel with the 50 volunteer operators deploying on Thursday More as it becomes available. Tom
