GAREC 2011
The Glob­al Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Con­fer­ence (GAREC) 2011 will be held in con­junc­tion with the IARU Region 1 Gen­er­al Con­fer­ence in Sun City, South Africa from 15th to 19th August. As GAREC has to slot in …

The lat­est from Japan
The ama­teur radio activ­i­ty is con­tin­u­ing to help those main­ly with­in the dis­as­ter recov­ery area struck by the worst earth­quake in Japan in 140 years.
IARU Region 3 Sec­re­tary, Ken Yamamo­to JA1CJP said “sev­er­al sta­tions are han­dling medium …

Japan triple dis­as­ter the latest
As mis­ery con­tin­ues since the earth­quake, tsuna­mi and nuclear acci­dent hit north-east­­ern Japan on 11 March, the police death toll has reached 11,603 dead and 17,258 missing.
The head­quar­ters sta­tion of the Japan Ama­teur Radio …

Japan Earth­quake cur­rent status
Well, our HQ sta­tion JA1RL is in stand-by state since March 22, but the JARL ARES cen­ter staff are busy to han­dle prepa­ra­tion and ship­ment of radios for dis­as­ter area.
Instead of JARL sta­tions, some vol­un­teer stations …