ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores americanos voluntários em Porto Rico instalam novos equipamentos e recebem mantimentos

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Puerto Rico Amateur Radio volunteer force deploys new equipment, groceries

The ARRL reports on the force of 50 amateur radio volunteers in Puerto Rico

As their efforts continue to help Puerto Rico recover from the effects
of hurricanes Irma and Maria, ARRL Force of 50 volunteers on the
island distributed more new Amateur Radio gear to places where it will
do the most good. Puerto Rico Section Emergency Coordinator Juan
Sepulveda, KP3CR, is better prepared to assist, now that volunteers
have delivered a radio and antenna to him in Lares.

“This now gives us a local ham covering the Lares Medical Center and
the hospital, so our ARRL American Red Cross Amateur Radio operator
can cover the Casteñel hospital nearby,” ARC volunteer Valerie
Hotzfeld, NV9L, noted in the team’s October 8 report. Sepulveda has
been coordinating the ARES efforts on the west side of the island
since the start of the recovery.

Hotzfeld; Puerto Rico Section Manager Oscar Resto, KP4RF; ARRL
Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, and Amateur Radio
liaison to the FEMA ESF-2 Communications Task Force Gary Sessums,
KC5QCN, traveled to Arecibo, Lares, and the Guajataca dam.

The team, all deployed as ARC volunteers, delivered spare VHF radios
and bottled water to Guajataca Dam, to permit direct communication
between Isabela and the dam, where infrastructure repairs are under
way. A Yaesu DR-X2 VHF/UHF repeater has been delivered to Arecibo
Observatory. The team visited a grocery to stock up on powdered milk,
peanut butter, water, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, and bags of
fresh apples, all delivered this to people living in the vicinity of
Arecibo Observatory.

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/puerto-rico-amateur-radio-volunteer-force-deploys-new-equipment-groceries