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Indonesian floods get hams help with communications
The flooding in West Java that caused landslides and killed at least 30 people remains a disaster scene with recovery work continuing. Chief of Organisation & International Affairs of ORARI, Gjellani J. Sutama YB1GJS said that early on September 21 after heavy …
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Exercise in Malaysia 1st October
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) requested for an amateur radio emergency communications exercise to be held on October 1, 2016 centred on Sibu, Sarawak in East Malaysia. IARU member society, Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters’ Society (MARTS) and the …
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Mexico — Hurricane Newton
Joaquin Solana XE1R the News Editor of IARU Region 2 reports that Category 1 Hurricane Newton is entering the Baja California peninsula.FMRE’s Emergency Communication Net asks radio amateurs to keep 7.060 and 7.130 kHz clear for emergency communications traffic. …
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Registration YOTA December month 2016 started
During the month of December, several youngsters will activate call signs with YOTA as the suffix. The idea of this is to show the amateur radio hobby to youth and to encourage youngsters to be active within the hobby! Consider giving …
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Amateur radio still active in Italian Earthquake
Alberto Barbera IK1YLO reports that after the first night without aftershocks, the emergency organisation RNRE has finished activities on 7060kHz. Teams remain in the area on VHF/UHF. Other HF frequencies advertised on http://www.ari.it/ may still be in use. Thanks to all radio amateurs …
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