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Re: Christchurch New Zealand
From: Mark Foster <blakjak () blakjak net>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:48:38 +1300 (NZDT)
I'm glad someone said something nice about Radio Hams on this thread (which started as being about Christchurch!) or i'd have risked polluting Christchurch's good rep with all this noise about whackers!
FWIW AREC (NZ's ARES equivalent) are active in Christchurch, mainly on VHF, though there's been a little activity on HF as well as I gather. I'm too far away (or too poorly equipped) to verify those reports.
For the most part though the major Telcos are succeeding on providing sufficient resources to limp things along. Hundreds of Generators are operating to provide cover for critical comms infrastructure (when not being stolen!).
Back in September I blogged about the NZ Fire Service's new HAZMAT-Command vehicles and how they had proven their worth. During that quake they had ~1-2 operational.
http://www.blakjak.net/node/1380 (photos etc)This is outside the main Christchurch Fire Station where one is currently operating as Command Unit, taken Yesterday:
http://www.aucklandfirepolice.org.nz/images/christchurch/5.jpgNZ recently fielded 17 of those trucks, I gather there's ~5 of them deployed in Christchurch now, plus at least a couple of the previous-generation command units they replaced. They're equipped with Cellular, Satcom and Radio.
From what i've seen connectivity is still available for the majority ofChristchurch based ISP's and major networks - assuming their building's are still servicable. NZNOG is currently collating offers of assistance from the local NOG community, and there's some wider stuff going on:
http://www.nznog.org/?page_id=31 http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/7561 http://business.eq.org.nz/As usual, if you filter through the crims, scammers and others who would take advantage of such a situation, there's plenty of good people doing their bit to assist.
I for one was very grateful to see so much international assistance popping up promptly too.
Mark ZL1VMF Auckland, NZ On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Owen DeLong wrote:
FWIW, in my experience, when ARES and RACES both arrive on a scene together, they rarely get into small arms fire over any thing, rather, preferring to work together to help each other set up both repeaters and to coordinate which parts of the workload will be handled by which operation in order to maximize the efficiency with which the job gets done. Perhaps this is unique to California (yeah, I know we're known as the land of Granola out there), or, perhaps as I perceive, hams world wide tend to be community-minded decent folks trying to help. Owen KB6MER On Feb 24, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Mike Lyon wrote:The old pin--through-the-center-of-the coax trick while you go on setting up your repeater? :) 73's, Mike KE6MRE
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Current thread:
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand, (continued)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand JC Dill (Feb 23)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand mikea (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Franck Martin (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Jay Ashworth (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Andrew Kirch (Feb 24)
- RE: Christchurch New Zealand Nathan Eisenberg (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Jima (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Bryan Fields (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Mike Lyon (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Owen DeLong (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Mark Foster (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Jay Ashworth (Feb 24)
- Re: Christchurch New Zealand Owen DeLong (Feb 25)