The 7.1 earth­quake in Mex­i­co that downed many build­ings and killed more than 250, plus Hur­ri­cane Maria that swept through a num­ber of Caribbean nations, have kept emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions fre­quen­cies busy with coor­di­na­tion and traffic.

Net­works not in the affected …

The enor­mous dam­age caused by Hur­ri­cane Maria is start­ing to be known by Ama­teur Radio after the Cat­e­go­ry 5 storm cut through the Caribbean nations includ­ing Puer­to Rico, Domini­ca and Turks and Caicos.

The Hur­ri­cane has down trees, blocked roads, …

Fol­low­ing the earth­quake in Mex­i­co on Tues­day the IARU mem­ber soci­ety, Fed­era­cion Mex­i­cana de Radio Exper­i­men­ta­dores, has extend­ed its operation.

The IARU Region 2 reports that its oper­at­ing fre­quen­cies are 80m (3.690), on 40m (7.060) and on 20m (14.120) are …

Typ­i­cal of train­ing and pre­pared­ness for the emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tion role is the Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Ser­vice (ARES) in Hong Kong.

HARTS Hon­onary Sec­re­tary Rudy Wong VR2USP in an update reports that radio ama­teurs are trained to be on the …