Christchurch New Zealand earth­quake, a week on
The mas­sive recov­ery oper­a­tion con­tin­ues after the 7.1 mag­ni­tude earth­quake that hit Christchurch at 4.36am on Sat­ur­day 4 Sep­tem­ber, leav­ing a dam­age bill of NZ$4billion and phys­i­cal­ly injur­ing a few people.
The Amateur …

Emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Pakistan
The Pak­istan Ama­teur Radio Soci­ety (PARS) reports that a cross-band emer­gency repeater is set to pro­vide the first com­mu­ni­ca­tions of its type to the flood hit Swat Val­ley, link­ing it to the rest of …

AREC at the ready fol­low­ing big earth­quake in New Zealand
So far AREC (Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions) vol­un­teers have not been required in any major way to assist, fol­low­ing the earth­quake that hit Christchurch in New Zealand.
The mag­ni­tude 7.1 …

Pak­istan flood dis­as­ter update 

The Pak­istan Ama­teur Radio Soci­ety (PARS) reports that emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions sup­port for ham radio ama­teurs have been extend­ed in the past week to three more vil­lages. PARS emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions organ­is­er Asad Mar­wat AP2AUM said …

Hams play role in wel­fare and recov­ery efforts after Pak­istan’s floods
The med­ical and food sup­port being pro­vid­ed to the many peo­ple affect­ed by the flood dis­as­ter in Pak­istan affect­ing six mil­lion peo­ple is being assist­ed by the com­bined efforts …