The US Nation­al Guard had its Oper­a­tion Seis­mos, an earth­quake drill on Feb­ru­ary 3–6, and used radio ama­teurs to trans­mit mes­sages as it accessed com­mu­ni­ty dis­as­ter resources.
The Nation­al Guard 213th For­ward Sup­port Com­pa­ny at Cedar City Utah, the Sher­if­f’s …

An earth­quake mea­sur­ing 6.4 has hit Tai­wan, and caused build­ings to col­lapse. HARTS has received a weak voice sig­nal from the CTARL Tai­wan that asks that the fol­low­ing fre­quen­cies be kept clear.

HF fre­quen­cies used in Tai­wan are voice: Main is …

The Unit­ed Nations Edu­ca­tion­al, Sci­en­tif­ic and Cul­tur­al Organ­i­sa­tion UNESCO theme for World Radio Day on Feb­ru­ary 13 2016 is, ‘Radio in Times of Emer­gency and Disaster’.
UNESCO recog­nis­es that the imme­di­ate access to radio fre­quen­cies is essen­tial in sav­ing lives, …

The 2‑metre repeater in Kat­man­du Nepal serves those with hand-held trans­ceivers, and has now been upgrad­ed to become the lat­est IRLP node with world­wide access.
The repeater, donat­ed through the Radio Mala group and the Bay-Net in Cal­i­for­nia, was installed …

Decem­ber and Jan­u­ary were very busy as USA radio ama­teurs swung into action in response to wide­spread flood­ing, a giant snow­fall, and a taint­ed water sup­ply drama.

Bill Grims­bo N0PNP, Dis­trict C Emer­gency Coor­di­na­tor, said when floods hit South­west Washington …