Typ­i­cal of train­ing and pre­pared­ness for the emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tion role is the Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Ser­vice (ARES) in Hong Kong.

HARTS Hon­onary Sec­re­tary Rudy Wong VR2USP in an update reports that radio ama­teurs are trained to be on the …

Fol­low­ing the mag­ni­tude 7.1 earth­quake on Tues­day the IARU mem­ber soci­ety, Fed­era­cion Mex­i­cana de Radio Exper­i­men­ta­dores or FMRE, had its Nation­al Emer­gency Net activated. 

This is on 7.060 MHz, 3.690 MHz and 14.120 MHz as well as IRLP reflector …

The worst of Hur­ri­cane Irma is over, leav­ing dam­age in Florida’s Alli­ga­tor Alley, after track­ing through a string of Caribbean islands, killing at least 40 peo­ple and leav­ing more than 7.3 mil­lion with­out power.

The full sto­ry of Ama­teur Radio’s involvement …

The mag­ni­tude 8.1 earth­quake in Mex­i­co caused severe dam­age with the Mex­i­can IARU mem­ber soci­ety FMRE acti­vat­ing its Nation­al Emer­gency Network. 

In use is 7.060 MHz and the net may also be on 3.690 MHz to han­dle any emer­gency traffic …

Fol­low­ing dev­as­tat­ing Har­vey that hit Texas and Louisiana comes news of Hur­ri­cane Irma that has tracked through the Caribbean and reached Cat­e­go­ry 5.

Prepa­ra­tions have been made for the weath­er sys­tem that is like­ly hit South Flori­da with cat­a­stroph­ic winds and …