Fol­low­ing the 7.5 mag­ni­tude earth­quake cen­tred near the coast of Ecuador that has claimed more than 400 lives so far, and the fre­quen­cy 7.060 MHz is being used as radio ama­teurs han­dle emer­gency traffic.

The earth­quake on April 16 caused …

Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Pres­i­dent, Tim Ellam VE6SH/G4HUA told the
Glob­al Forum on Emer­gency Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions that Ama­teur Radio is probably
more rel­e­vant now than it was 25 years ago.

The Inter­na­tion­al Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Union event GET-2016 was held in Kuwait
City …

The US Nation­al Guard had its Oper­a­tion Seis­mos, an earth­quake drill on Feb­ru­ary 3–6, and used radio ama­teurs to trans­mit mes­sages as it accessed com­mu­ni­ty dis­as­ter resources.
The Nation­al Guard 213th For­ward Sup­port Com­pa­ny at Cedar City Utah, the Sher­if­f’s …

An earth­quake mea­sur­ing 6.4 has hit Tai­wan, and caused build­ings to col­lapse. HARTS has received a weak voice sig­nal from the CTARL Tai­wan that asks that the fol­low­ing fre­quen­cies be kept clear.

HF fre­quen­cies used in Tai­wan are voice: Main is …

The Unit­ed Nations Edu­ca­tion­al, Sci­en­tif­ic and Cul­tur­al Organ­i­sa­tion UNESCO theme for World Radio Day on Feb­ru­ary 13 2016 is, ‘Radio in Times of Emer­gency and Disaster’.
UNESCO recog­nis­es that the imme­di­ate access to radio fre­quen­cies is essen­tial in sav­ing lives, …