The recent ‘bat­tery only’ pow­er train­ing exer­cise in Malaysia, aimed at pass­ing mes­sages and test­ing day-time prop­a­ga­tion paths, involved around 30 radio ama­teurs who were assist­ed by five short­wave listeners.

IARU Region 3 Dis­as­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Com­mit­tee’s John­ny Tan 9M8DB noted …

Flood­ing dis­as­ter con­tin­ues to hit the US state of Col­orado as rivers over­flowed dam­ag­ing roads and prop­er­ty in the Rocky Moun­tain foothills. Four peo­ple have died since the floods began Wednes­day. Hun­dreds have not been heard from as res­cuers make …

Trans-Pacif­ic Emcomm Exercise

The recent Pacif­ic Endeav­or-13 sim­u­lat­ed emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions exercise
using ama­teur radio in make-believe ‘Paci­fi­ca’ worked well and showed how
it could be used to get help in times of a nat­ur­al disaster.

A Pub­lic Affairs Direc­tor for …

Hams join Cal­i­for­ni­a’s wild­fire response

Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Ser­vice (ARES) and Radio Ama­teur Civ­il Emergency
Ser­vice (RACES) vol­un­teers have been called up by Tuolumne Coun­ty officials
to help fill com­mu­ni­ca­tion gaps in response to the Rim Fire.…