Radio Amateurs in Portugal belonging to the Emergency Communications Group REP-SCERA will be taking part in a Civil Protection exercise on 17^th April between 0800 — 1200 UTC. The exercise will focus on VHF/UHF frequencies in the Lisbon area but HF …

A major emergency exercise started on 4^th April in Spain. Exercise Gamma Sur will simulate an earthquake striking north of the City of Seville followed by a further earthquake in the area of Ceuta. The exercise scenario will simulate many failures of …

An earthquake measuring 6.4 has hit Taiwan, and caused buildings to collapse. HARTS has received a weak voice signal from the CTARL Taiwan that asks that the following frequencies be kept clear. HF frequencies used in Taiwan are voice: Main is 7.060 …

Radio Amateurs in the Azores are preparing for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Alex on 15^th January. The Atlantic Hurricane is the first to form in January since 1938 and has developed from a sub-Tropical Storm to one forecast to bring …