Ham radio sup­ports dis­as­ter response

A severe trop­i­cal storm in the Philip­pines and earth­quakes in Indone­sia have seen radio ama­teurs pro­vid­ing emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions and oth­er relief and recov­ery assis­tance. Philip­pines Ama­teur Radio Asso­ci­a­tion (PARA) Pres­i­dent, Dr Joey Panganiban …

GAREC 2009 a success 

The fifth Glob­al Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Con­fer­ence, GAREC-2009, host­ed by the Japan Ama­teur Radio League in con­junc­tion with their Ham Fair took place on 24–25 August attend­ed by 29 rep­re­sen­ta­tives from 14 coun­tries. The …

Typhoon Morakot, Taiwan

The CTARL reports that the job of ham radio oper­a­tors sup­port­ing the res­cue and con­struc­tion activ­i­ty has con­clud­ed after qui­et a busy peri­od. Ted BV2OO and the CTARL ARES team have returned safe­ly from the moun­tain area.
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GAREC-2009 – Report by Jim Lin­ton, VK3PC

Wel­come to GAREC-2009! Sav­ing lives through Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions 24 August 2009 (Mon­day) 10:00 Open­ing Cer­e­mo­ny Mr. Shozo Hara, JA1AN, The Pres­i­dent of the JARL Mr. Tim Ellam, VE6SH, The President …