The Unit­ed Nations Edu­ca­tion­al, Sci­en­tif­ic and Cul­tur­al Organ­i­sa­tion UNESCO theme for World Radio Day on Feb­ru­ary 13 2016 is, ‘Radio in Times of Emer­gency and Disaster’.
UNESCO recog­nis­es that the imme­di­ate access to radio fre­quen­cies is essen­tial in sav­ing lives, …

The 2‑metre repeater in Kat­man­du Nepal serves those with hand-held trans­ceivers, and has now been upgrad­ed to become the lat­est IRLP node with world­wide access.
The repeater, donat­ed through the Radio Mala group and the Bay-Net in Cal­i­for­nia, was installed …

Decem­ber and Jan­u­ary were very busy as USA radio ama­teurs swung into action in response to wide­spread flood­ing, a giant snow­fall, and a taint­ed water sup­ply drama.

Bill Grims­bo N0PNP, Dis­trict C Emer­gency Coor­di­na­tor, said when floods hit South­west Washington …

The West Ben­gal Radio Club in India is pro­vid­ing log­i­cal help dur­ing a reli­gious fes­ti­val on Sagar Island, main­ly for lost chil­dren, as part of their emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions training.

On the con­ti­nen­tal shelf of Bay of Ben­gal the island is …

The Sim­u­lat­ed Emer­gency Test to mea­sure the dis­as­ter readi­ness of Ama­teur Radio involved 38 coun­tries and four oth­ers who recog­nised its impor­tance but could not take part this time. 

IARU Region 1 Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Co-Ordi­­na­­tor Greg Mossop G0DUB, has reported …