In prepa­ra­tion for earth­quakes, hur­ri­canes, wide­spread drought and oth­er emer­gen­cies, radio ama­teurs join in the annu­al train­ing exer­cise called Meteoro.

The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Region 2 Mem­ber Soci­ety, the Fed­era­cion de Radioafi­ciona­dos de Cuba (FRC) in the Caribbean area was involved. The FRC claims a high pro­por­tion of mem­ber­ship and is the umbrel­la body with 180 local radio clubs that are affiliated.

Mete­oro 2017 was on May 20 and 21, led by the Civ­il Defence Staff with radio ama­teurs in all areas involved. They formed part of the Nation­al Emer­gency Net­work to test radio com­mu­ni­ca­tion sys­tems which proved to be sta­ble and efficient.

Octo­ber tra­di­tion­al­ly is the time for hur­ri­canes to strike Cuba in the cyclone sea­son. The radio ama­teurs in the strate­gi­cal­ly placed in the Caribbean are ready should they be called upon dur­ing an emer­gency. Thank you to the IARU Region 2 for this information.