Hurricane Arthur tracking up the East coast of the USA marks the first storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season this year. Emergency nets are active in the USA in preparation for this hurricane playing their part in gathering and distributing information …

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (GAREC) will be held this year on August the 14^th and 15^th in conjunction with Alabama’s Huntsville Hamfest. GAREC-2014 invites all those involved with emergency communication to hear presentations on the use of advanced …

At this moment the Serbian Radio Association (Savez radioamatera Srbije) carries out disaster relief communications in flooded areas. The control station uses the call sign YU0S. Operations are on VHF and in the 80 meter band with frequency 3760 kHz …

After causing damage and resulting in at least 23 deaths in the Solomon Islands ‎on April 5, the category 5 Tropical Cyclone Ita came ashore in Queensland‎ in Australia’s northeast. Dale McCarty VK3DMC reports that no Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network‎ (WICEN) …

As Tropical Cyclone Ita impacts on far northern area of Australia, WICEN has declared a number of frequencies for health and welfare traffic including 7.088 MHz an 3.588 MHz, as well as 2m and 70cm. Dale McCarthy VK4DMC reports that at …