Lothians RAYNET has advised us of the following:
HF frequencies are now known to be in use by Japanese amateurs as part of their emergency response:
7043 kHz SSB: controlled by JR3QHQ the Osaka branch manager of JARL He is gathering incident information on radio and forwarding this information onto the internet.
7075 kHz SSB: Operated by JL3YSP in Wakayama occasionally.
7030 kHz : JARL emergency communication frequency in their bandplan is in use by JA7RL (JARL regional HQ station).
In addition the following frequencies have been advised:
7.130, 14.230 and 21.230 MHz.
And another list:
“Following freq’s are assigned for emergency QSO. Please be clear. Thank you for your kind help! Ops JARL & volunteers – 3520 to 3530, 7025 to 7035, 14090 to 14110, 21190 to 21200, 28190 to 28210, 50100, 51000, 14100, 14500, 43010…0, 433000 kHz. DXped Ops – Please kindly consider QSX freq & RTTY freq.”
Would all amateurs please make every effort to avoid interfering with emergency communications on these frequencies.