The role of ham radio in the Chile earthquake

Fernando, EC1AME has just added a video to his website which shows the role played by Chile's amateur radio operators immediately following the earthquake there.

Fernando says:
I have put a cool video aired these days on a tv channel in Chile. It's about the role of ham radio 15 minutes after the earthquake

it's here: www.ea1uro.com/noticias.html
(Google translation available in that page)

He adds:
The role of ham radio was so important that a Chilean senator named Baldo Prokurica proposed 'ham radio operators should be considered an efficient national comms network..'

Baldo said that in a meeting with other senators and the Minister of Interior, Edmundo Perez at the Chilean congress. 'They think ham radio ops can be officially considered useful in case of earthquakes or tsunamis.'

Original text can be read here: http://www.vientopatagon.cl/main/?p=15029

Fernando EC1AME

www.ea1uro.com
www.ec1ame.com