Hams join Cal­i­for­ni­a’s wild­fire response

Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Ser­vice (ARES) and Radio Ama­teur Civ­il Emergency
Ser­vice (RACES) vol­un­teers have been called up by Tuolumne Coun­ty officials
to help fill com­mu­ni­ca­tion gaps in response to the Rim Fire.…

Emcomm gets APT and MARS attention

The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union (IARU) helped to fur­ther raise aware­ness of the role of Ama­teur Radio dur­ing times of nat­ur­al dis­as­ters caused by extreme weath­er events and man-made fail­ure of communication …

Typhoon Labuyo — PARA acti­vates 7.095 MHz emcomm net

As of 7am today (Sun­day), PARA has acti­vat­ed HERO ARES cen­tered on 7.095 MHz. We have advised local clubs to acti­vate local nets at 144.740 MHz.

Typhoon Labuyo has a big …

WICEN in Blue Moun­tains search
The week long miss­ing of a 23-year old man in the Blue Moun­tains West of Syd­ney is con­tin­u­ing, led by the police res­cue with the help of vol­un­teers includ­ing WICEN mem­bers pro­vid­ing vital com­mu­ni­ca­tions in …