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 …

Hur­ri­cane Season
The Atlantic Hur­ri­cane Sea­son offi­cial­ly runs from 1st June to 30 Novem­ber each year and Trop­i­cal Storm Alex has become the first ‘named’ storm of this year. Ama­teur Radio con­tin­ues to play a part in gath­er­ing and distributing …

Ham Radio Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Poland
An agree­ment has been signed by the IARU’s Pol­s­ki Zwiazek Krotko­falow­cow (PZK) and the Gov­ern­ment that for­malis­es the use of ham radio emer­gency radio com­mu­ni­ca­tions in dis­as­ters and at oth­er times.
Minister …

Final report — Qing­hai province earthquake
The 7.1 Richter scale earth­quake that struck Chi­na’s Qing­hai province on 14 April killed more than 2,000 peo­ple and relief efforts are con­tin­u­ing for those left home­less. A day of nation­al mourn­ing was held …