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Indian floods keep hams busy

The recent flood­ing in India trig­gered by mon­soon­al rains has a death toll of 300 and forc­ing many vil­lages to flee to high­er ground. 

 

Nation­al Coor­di­na­tor for Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tion in India, Jayu Bhide VU2JAU reports that in the eastern …

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Louisiana flood response by ARES

Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Ser­vice (ARES) vol­un­teers from Alaba­ma, Arkansas, and Mis­sis­sip­pi are serv­ing the Red Cross and at shel­ters through­out the affect­ed area. 

 

With local and parish resources stretched to the lim­it, ham radio vol­un­teers have been serving …

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Information on Emergencies

Next month there will be a “Zom­bie attack, what would you do” event that is
part of com­mu­ni­ty dis­as­ter preparedness.

For those who don’t know, in voodoo belief a Zom­bie is a corpse brought back
to life that moves very slowly …

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Newsletter Q2 2016

A word from the Chair­man = Ama­teur Radio Dis­play on the Bor­der = IARU becomes cus­to­di­an of oper­at­ing stan­dards book­let = IARU Region 1 Agrees Pro­vi­sion­al 5 MHz Band­plan = AIST-2D and Sam­Sat-218 satel­lites = R3 Direc­tor gives IARU Presentation …

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