SB QST @ ARL $ARLB091 ARLB091 Comm emergency declared ZCZC AG58 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 91 ARLB091 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 4, 1995 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB091 ARLB091 Comm emergency declared Voluntary Communications Emergency Declared The FCC has declared a Voluntary Communications Emergency. All amateurs are requested to cooperate by relinquishing the use of the frequencies 3857 to 3867, 3873, 3925, 3935, 3945 to 3955, 3960 to 3980, 7225, 7235, 7243, 7254, 7275 and 7290 kHz, for handling emergency traffic resulting from Hurricane Opal. The FCC Field Offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Tampa, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana have contributed to this declaration. Here are some specific emergency traffic net frequencies (in kHz): Northern Florida: 3950 and 7254 Alabama: 3965 and 7243 Georgia: 3975 and 7275 Mississippi: 3862 Hurricane Watch Net: 14325 Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net: 3873, 3925, 3935, 7225, 7235 and 7290 Please do not transmit on these frequencies unless directed by net control stations. Emergency traffic out of the affected areas will have priority. Health and Welfare messages may be sent through the National Traffic System. Eastern Area NTS digital stations N2JAW (New York) and KQ4ET (Virginia) will collect NTS formatted Health and Welfare inquiries and then forward them into the affected areas when stations are ready and available. NNNN /EX