Anoth­er storm dis­as­ter ends in the Philippines
Spare a thought for those who spent a ner­vous, very wet and windy Christ­mas peri­od as Trop­i­cal Storm Quin­ta went through the south of the Philip­pines, in areas try­ing to recov­er from Typhoon …

Philip­pines acti­vates emer­gency net
The Philip­pine Ama­teur Radio Asso­ci­a­tion (PARA) Inc. has acti­vat­ed its emer­gency net to deal with what­ev­er con­tin­gen­cies that may arise due to typhoon Quin­ta mak­ing land­fall by tomor­row Dec 26. As of the moment the …

Hams ready as typhoon strikes twice
The pow­er­ful Typhoon Bopha that killed at least 600 peo­ple and left many miss­ing in south­ern Philip­pines last week, made an unex­pect­ed U‑turn to hit the north­ern part of the archipelago.
Active dur­ing both …

Dead­ly Typhoon heads back
The Philip­pine Ama­teur Radio Asso­ci­a­tion (PARA) has reac­ti­vat­ed its emer­gency net for Typhoon Pablo (inter­na­tion­al name Bopha) because its path has changed and may hit the arch­i­pel­ago again.
Vice Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer of PARA, Ramon …

Dis­as­ter recov­ery helped by ama­teur radio
The radio ama­teur com­mu­ni­ty was pre­pared when a super typhoon unleashed its fury on the Philip­pines, uproot­ing trees, snap­ping pow­er lines, spark­ing land­slides, can­celling flights and fer­ries send­ing 40,000 peo­ple to shel­ters. Claim­ing more than …