ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores da Eslovenia auxilam em caso de falta de energia electrica

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Radio Hams responding to Slovenia electricity disruption

The cold weather in Slovenia has disrupted the electricity supply and
radio amateurs have been assisting with operations on a local
community level

Since 31st January Slovenia has been affected by extreme cold weather
such as blizzards, heavy snow and sleet. This has caused the collapse
of power lines under the weight of ice, snow and falling trees with
electricity disruptions now affecting 250,000 people (25% of
households). The restoration of electricity supply is being made
difficult by the continuing bad weather. This has prompted Slovenia to
request assistance from the European Union for mobile electric power
generators with a capacity of 100-300+ kVA.

Within Slovenia, some radio amateurs are assisting with operations on
a local community level due to problems with the mobile phone and
professional radio networks. At the time of writing, no national
request for assistance has been received but Slovenian Radio Amateurs
are preparing to respond if required.

The European Union Civil Protection Mechanism has asked for assistance
from nearby European states with Germany, the Czech republic and
Austria providing generators and assistance. Because of uncertainty
whether the Austrian teams responding to Slovenia will be able to
communicate back to their home bases, the Austrian Fire Departments
have asked Austrian Emergency Communicators to provide a link between
Austria and Slovenia using Pactor/Winlink.

Gregor, OE1VGC the Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator for Austria
asks all European Radio amateurs to keep clear of the following
frequencies and services which are being used to support these links.

S51SLO 3.644MHz
OE3XEC 3.608 and 3.617MHz
OE6XPD 3.601MHz

Information on the European Union response can be found at :
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-102_en.htm

Source IARU Region 1
http://www.iaru-r1.org/