Philip­pines acti­vates emer­gency net
The Philip­pine Ama­teur Radio Asso­ci­a­tion (PARA) Inc. has acti­vat­ed its emer­gency net to deal with what­ev­er con­tin­gen­cies that may arise due to typhoon Quin­ta mak­ing land­fall by tomor­row Dec 26. As of the moment the typhoon is sit­u­at­ed some 60 kilo­me­ters east of Guiuian East­ern Samar. It packs a 65 to 90 kph gusti­ness near the center.
Please advise all oper­a­tors to stand clear from the call­ing fre­quen­cy of 7.095 MHz plus minus QRM. We will be using the fre­quen­cy until we stand down from our emer­gency net and return to nor­mal operations.
First off the infor­ma­tion thread, Nathan Eamiguel, DU5AOK, has relayed that the City of Tacloban has ordered a forced pre­emp­tive evac­u­a­tion of Barangay Palanog and oth­er low-lying areas in Tacloban City as of 5:20 PM local time.
Thank you and Mer­ry Christmas.
— Ramon J. Anquilan DU1UG, Vice COO, PARA.