bg8aas from chengdu, sichuan reported that local uhf repeater survived in the disaster. it keeps functioning from the 1st minute and more than 200 local radio hams are now on that repeater. a group of hams from chengdu has headed for wenchuan, the center of the quake, trying to setup emergency communication services there.
ba8ab, also from chengdu, sichuan, is active on the 40m emergency frequency. up to now, no further information available from the center zone of the quake. there are a few radio amatuers there, but all of the communications have been cut out, including amatuer radio.