Glob­al Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Con­fer­ence — 2013
The Glob­al Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Con­fer­ence (GAREC) is the pre­mier annu­al event attend­ed by those with an inter­est in ama­teur radio pro­vid­ing emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions dur­ing train­ing exer­cis­es or in response to disasters. …

Tas­man­ian Bush­fire Disaster
WICEN Tas­ma­nia (South), assist­ed by oth­er trained south­ern region radio ama­teurs, is pro­vid­ing 24 hour sup­port for fire­fight­ing activ­i­ties as sev­er­al fires con­tin­ue to burn.
At least 100 prop­er­ties have been destroyed and thou­sands of peo­ple are left …

Anoth­er storm dis­as­ter ends in the Philippines
Spare a thought for those who spent a ner­vous, very wet and windy Christ­mas peri­od as Trop­i­cal Storm Quin­ta went through the south of the Philip­pines, in areas try­ing to recov­er from Typhoon …

Philip­pines acti­vates emer­gency net
The Philip­pine Ama­teur Radio Asso­ci­a­tion (PARA) Inc. has acti­vat­ed its emer­gency net to deal with what­ev­er con­tin­gen­cies that may arise due to typhoon Quin­ta mak­ing land­fall by tomor­row Dec 26. As of the moment the …

Hams ready as typhoon strikes twice
The pow­er­ful Typhoon Bopha that killed at least 600 peo­ple and left many miss­ing in south­ern Philip­pines last week, made an unex­pect­ed U‑turn to hit the north­ern part of the archipelago.
Active dur­ing both …