Missing flight search involves Amateur Radio Emergency Communicators
The vanishing of the Malaysian Airline (MAS) Boeing 777 – 200ER jetliner with 239 passengers on board is a mystery that nine nations are trying to solve. When flight MH370, ex-Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing, disappeared from the air traffic control radar, …
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Radio Amateurs responding to Slovenia Electricity Disruption
Since 31st January Slovenia has been affected by extreme cold weather such as blizzards, heavy snow and sleet. This has caused the collapse of power lines under the weight of ice, snow and falling trees with electricity disruptions now affecting 250,000 people (25% of households). …
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Phillipines Ham network stood down.
The latest official death toll in the Philippines from the world’s strongest typhoon ever to reach land on November 8 has reached 5,719, with 1,779 still missing. After weeks of deployment the Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) has stood down its …
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Phillipines Update 1
Estimates of those people who died when monster Typhoon Haiyan (also called Yolanda) hit the central Philippines on Friday ranges up to 10,000, with many injured and nine million people affected. The full damage and death toll of the fiercest …
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Super Typhoon hits the Philippines
The Super Typhoon Haiyan has affected the Philippines, triggering flooding, destroying buildings and causing millions of people to take shelter.Ramon Anquilan DU1UGZ of the Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) reports that the typhoon made landfall at about 4.40am local time today …
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