Emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions in Pakistan
The Pak­istan Ama­teur Radio Soci­ety (PARS) reports that a cross-band emer­gency repeater is set to pro­vide the first com­mu­ni­ca­tions of its type to the flood hit Swat Val­ley, link­ing it to the rest of …

AREC at the ready fol­low­ing big earth­quake in New Zealand
So far AREC (Ama­teur Radio Emer­gency Com­mu­ni­ca­tions) vol­un­teers have not been required in any major way to assist, fol­low­ing the earth­quake that hit Christchurch in New Zealand.
The mag­ni­tude 7.1 …

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 …