Petrinja Earthquake
An earthquake today at 12:19 UTC has caused severe damage in Petrinja in Croatia. The town is about 50 kilometres from the capital Zagreb. The neighbouring country Slovenia has shut down the Krsko nuclear power plant as a precaution. The earthquake …
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Cuban Radio Amateurs activate for Tropical Storm ‘Delta’
Cesar Pio Santos HR2P relayed news from the FRC of Cuba that they will be activating their emergency communications networks ready for the arrival of Tropical Storm ‘Delta’. The networks will be active from 1400UTC listening on the frequencies: 7110 …
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IARU speaks at ATU Workshop
IARU was present at the recent ATU African Telecommunications Union / ICT Day 2019 Commemorative Workshop — “Using Technology to Save Lives: Emergency Communications for Disaster Risk Reductions and Management”. The Workshop was held in Maputo, Mozambique and IARU was represented …
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Emergency Communications Meeting — Friedrichshafen 2019
The 44th HamRadio Exhibition at Friedrichshafen attracted 14300 visitors, among them around 27 Emergency Communicators from 14 countries who attended the IARU meeting for Emergency Communicators on Friday 21st June. After the introduction and Region 1 report, there were interesting presentations followed …
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Hurricane Lorenzo — Azores
As hurricane Lorenzo approaches the Azores the emergency network has been activated.Amateur Radios will be active with the Government and emergency response teams.Local analog and DMR repeaters, both in VHF and UHF, satellites and HF.We ask all stations to give …
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