When the pow­er­ful Cyclone Hud­hud swept into the Bay of Ben­gal coastal areas
of India dis­as­ter author­i­ties called on radio ama­teurs to help out.

Nation­al Coor­di­na­tor for Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, Jayu Bhide VU2JAU said,
“In Odis­sa there are six hams work­ing hard …

An earth­quake that hit the Yun Nan province in the south­west Chi­na’s mountainous
region on Octo­ber 7, caused a death, injured 336 with 50,000

The 6.6 mag­ni­tude Richter scale earth­quake was respond­ed to main­ly by the
mil­i­tary res­cue force and some …

The big clean-up con­tin­ues in the wake of pow­er­ful Cyclone Hud­hud which affect­ed the Bay of Ben­gal leav­ing a path of dam­age. Some media accounts put the toll at 46 lives.
The area has some of the world’s strongest trop­i­cal cyclones. …

Despite poor weath­er and bad prop­a­ga­tion pre­vail­ing in Malaysia, there were
lessons learned dur­ing the recent sim­u­lat­ed exer­cise on Sep­tem­ber 27, centred
on Sarawak in East Malaysia 9M8, which test­ed Ama­teur Radio’s preparations
for a real disaster. 

The exer­cise, with …

The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Region 1 Con­fer­ence in Bul­gar­ia has heard the Ama­teur Radio giv­en dur­ing emer­gen­cies described as “radio mes­sen­gers in times of trou­ble and hope”. 

The mes­sage came from Dr Kristali­na Georgie­va, Euro­pean Union Com­mis­sion­er for Inter­na­tion­al Cooperation, …