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 …

Fol­low­ing the mag­ni­tude 7.1 earth­quake on Tues­day the IARU mem­ber soci­ety, Fed­era­cion Mex­i­cana de Radio Exper­i­men­ta­dores or FMRE, had its Nation­al Emer­gency Net activated. 

This is on 7.060 MHz, 3.690 MHz and 14.120 MHz as well as IRLP reflector …

The worst of Hur­ri­cane Irma is over, leav­ing dam­age in Florida’s Alli­ga­tor Alley, after track­ing through a string of Caribbean islands, killing at least 40 peo­ple and leav­ing more than 7.3 mil­lion with­out power.

The full sto­ry of Ama­teur Radio’s involvement …