The Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Region 1 Con­fer­ence in Bul­gar­ia has heard the Ama­teur Radio giv­en dur­ing emer­gen­cies described as “radio mes­sen­gers in times of trou­ble and hope”. 

The mes­sage came from Dr Kristali­na Georgie­va, Euro­pean Union Com­mis­sion­er for Inter­na­tion­al Cooperation, …

The Glob­al Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (GAREC) con­fer­ence held in Huntsville Alaba­ma USA shared many infor­ma­tive pre­sen­ta­tions, videos and dis­cus­sions on recent expe­ri­ences plus some media interest. 

Organ­is­er Greg Sar­ratt W4OZK said the local tele­vi­sion sta­tion inter­viewed IARU…

The Fed­er­al Emer­gency Agency (FEMA) and the Amer­i­can Radio Relay League (ARRL) have signed a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing that recog­nis­es Ama­teur Radio can be use­ful in a disaster. 

FEMA Admin­is­tra­tor Craig Fugate KK4INZ, and ARRL…

Fol­low­ing Thai­land’s worst flood­ing in 2011 that killed 800 peo­ple, affect­ed near­ly 14 mil­lion and dis­rupt­ed the econ­o­my, the famed HS0AC Ama­teur Radio sta­tion is now com­plete with a meet­ing facil­i­ty at the Asian Insti­tute of Technology. 

The dev­as­tat­ing flood­ing …

The Town of High Riv­er expe­ri­enced one of Canada’s great­est nat­ur­al dis­as­ters in June of 2013. With lit­tle warn­ing the riv­er over­flowed its banks and raced across town destroy­ing busi­ness­es, homes, infra­struc­ture and lives. 

Ham radio oper­a­tors from the Foothills Ama­teur …