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<H1>Qinghai province earthquake report 1 - April 15 </H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The <STRONG>Chinese Radio Sports Association</STRONG>
(CRSA) has asked that <STRONG>the frequencies of 7050 kHz and 7060 kHz be kept
clear for emergency ham radio communications</STRONG> following a devastating
earthquake in Yu Shu district, Qinghai province.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>A <STRONG>number of radio amateurs are already active in
supporting the rescue and recovery efforts</STRONG> including BG9UA, BG9UP and
BG9UO.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The emergency communication team of Anhui amateur radio
society, led by Mr Du BG6CEV was flying to Qinghai today (15 April) to bring
communication equipment.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Ritcher scale occurred
on the morning of Tuesday has left 589 people dead, nearly 10,000 injured and
10,000 families needing to be resettled due to 99% of houses damaged.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Yu Shu located in a plateau with temperatures fall to -5
degrees (minus five degrees) making conditions bad for those without shelter as
well as hampering rescue efforts. Water, electricity and other facilities are
cut.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma>• Report provided by <STRONG>Fan Bin
BA1RB</STRONG>, CRSA Coordinator of the IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications
Conmmittee via <STRONG>Jim Linton
VK3PC</STRONG></FONT></FONT><BR></P></BODY></HTML>