Urgent requests in Haiti

Spring 2007: The news of the weekend is that 4VBM (4VEH downlink station in SW Haiti) is off the air, AGAIN, with an unknown problem. Please pray for that area as they are constantly under spiritual attack and desperately in need of the station's ministry. Many are coming to Christ when the station is on the air, and many more are listening, but lately it is off more often than on. Ask God to work a miracle that this vital station.

Future projects in Haiti (radio) 2007

Equipment	Cape Haitian, Haiti 2m repeater system, antenna and HTs
Training	Cape Haitian, Haiti Radio training and education for new operators
Equipment	4VEH: HF and VHF base station and antenna
WinLink and Airmail	-It allows anyone with a ham license and the proper equipment to send and receive email anywhere in the world  -International Health Services (HIS) field teams now rely on Winlink for nearly all communications, both in-country and externally to the world…routinely used by Honduras medical missions  -NOAA now provides critical weather data to those who need it  -There are almost 10,000 hams who connect to Winlink via radio, and almost 100,000 people have been email recipients from these users  -A Winlink user station consists of an HF radio, Pactor controller, a computer running Windows, and the AirMail application
Equipment	Portable radio system to support mountain medical missions in Haiti
People	Like you and me who want to visit Haiti on short term mission to help with building projects, distributing solar radios, promoting 4VEH, mountain medical missions, local medical and dental clinics etc.....
Financial	Ned (N4LS) has personnally financed his own trips to Haiti, bought his own equipment, tested and developed radio and antenna systems, funded experiments with his experimental aircraft and funded radio repairs.  He will continue without any help or assistance.  But for this organization to reach it's full potential, Mission Radio needs people, prayer and equipment to help others in need.
Equipment	Here is a depiction of the typical equipment used for portable ham radio stations. Recommended radios: Yaesu 897D or 857 (HF, VHF, UHF) 100 watts -897D can have a built in power supply -857 is much smaller but without a power supply (has remote control head) -857 is recommended for battery powered operations where weight is an issue. -Kenwood TS480 is also a great radio for portable and mobile operations. Reccommended Generators: -Honda 2000w and 1000w generators -Fuel efficient -Will power a ham radio station with no issues -Quiet operation I-nverter technology which puts out really clean power for use for radios and computers. -The 2000w generator can power a ham radio, computer, refrigerator, TV and a small window air conditioner wtih no problems....tested by N4LS    Recommended antennas: OCF-Dipole BuddiStick
Equipment	Yaesu 897D (in backpack), Buddipole antenna system and Honda 2000 watt generator ready to deploy to a remote area to provide critical communication.
Equipment and radio operators	-Mountain medical teams Teams are currently traveling deep within remote areas of the Mts of Haiti with no communication capability or support.   -Disaster communication via bush planes
	Ham Radio...Global awareness of culture, political situation and missionary needs.
Why Ham Radio?	Decreases in missionaries using amateur radio sends messages to the world that there are problems in Haiti.  Although there are problems in any 3rd world country, use of cell phone and the internet has decreased ham activity giving a false perception. Some stations I contacted thought Haiti was off the air because it was too dangerous to operate.  In addition, missionaries communicating on ham radio provides global awareness, insight and general information to others.  Many seeds have been planted by just someone listening to a prayer over the radio.  One prayer can reach 1000s but who will ever know what the exact number is...I once heard someone praying for a missionary who was ill.  I then prayed too.  Who knows the impact.  So, missionaries on the airwaves is a positive for everyone.
Financial	501(C)3 status