The date for this event, spon­sored by IARU Region 1, has been altered to coin­cide with World Ama­teur Radio Day on Sat­ur­day, April 18th. The theme for the day of “Ama­teur Radio: Your Resource in Dis­as­ter and Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tion” is an ide­al oppor­tu­ni­ty to show­case the work of emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions groups around the world. 

The tim­ing of the event remains at 1100–1500 UTC but in a change for this and future events, the focus will be on gen­er­at­ing and relay­ing mes­sages in a com­mon for­mat across coun­try bor­ders rather than the infor­ma­tion gath­er­ing about capa­bil­i­ties which has tak­en place in the past. 

The rules are post­ed here, and on www.iaru-r1.org and www.raynet-hf.net 

A sum­ma­ry of known groups and sta­tions tak­ing part in the IARU Glob­al Sim­u­lat­ed Emer­gency Test can be found at http://www.raynet-hf.net/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=44 . Please check back fre­quent­ly to see how the event is grow­ing and for the call­sign of the Region 3 HQ station. 

Announced par­tic­i­pants from Region 3:   HQ Sta­tion — 9M4CJS
9M4CME, 9M8DB, BY5AB, FK8KAB, JA1RL, S21AM, S21D, S21RC, S21SHQ, VK1WIA/D, VU2JAU, VU2SMN, VU2SMS, VU2UR, YB2ZY, ZK6R 

Auto­mat­ic Link Estab­lish­ment (ALE) High Fre­quen­cy Net­work (HFN) stations; 
VK4EA — ALE HFN Pilot Sta­tion 80m-10m 
VK5ABN — ALE HFN Pilot Sta­tion 80m-10m 
VR2/KQ6XA — ALE HFN Pilot Sta­tion 80m-10m 
Fre­quen­cies for all Region 3 HFN sta­tions (kHz USB): 3596, 7040.5, 7102, 10145.5 14109, 18106, 21096, 24926, 28146 

Sta­tions in Region 3 intend­ing to par­tic­i­pate are request­ed to reg­is­ter by E‑mail: globalset08@raynet-hf.net