The impor­tance of Ama­teur Radio to the com­mu­ni­ty in times of cri­sis and emer­gency has again been shown through the res­cue of a yacht skip­per 130 kms east of Esper­ance off the West­ern Aus­tralian coast. 

On board the strick­en yacht …

The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil has released this guide which has been devel­oped to pro­vide of radio ama­teurs mate­ri­als so they may train for emer­gency events. 

It also pro­vides indi­vid­u­als who have lit­tle or no expe­ri­ence in …

Major dam­age has been caused by Trop­i­cal Cyclone Mar­cia that came ashore rip­ping roofs off, down­ing trees, dam­ag­ing pow­er­lines and oth­er infra­struc­ture.  No lives were lost. 

The Bureau of Mete­o­rol­o­gy reports that the weath­er sys­tem quick­ly devel­oped into a Cat­e­go­ry 5 …

Dis­as­ter relief ser­vices with some radio ama­teurs pro­vid­ing emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions have respond­ed to the erupt­ing Fuego Vol­cano in the Repub­lic of Guatemala of Cen­tral America.

The Club of Ama­teur Radio of Guatemala (CRAG) has TG0AA acti­vat­ed on HF…