Category Archives: Urgent Announcement

Amateur Radio Involvement in Exercise Gamma Sur is expected to start today ( 6th April ) with a focus on the 40m Emergency CoA frequencies.

A major exercise started on 4th 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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

FMRE have advised that the Amateur Radio response to Hurricane Patricia which passed over their country this weekend is now complete and all frequencies are returned to normal use. The storm downed trees, flooding streets, and buffeted buildings as a … Continue reading →

The strongest ever hurricane recorded in the Americas is heading towards Mexico’s Pacific coast causing a state of emergency to be declared in three states in its path. Hurricane Patricia is expected to make landfall on Friday afternoon with winds … Continue reading →

Authorities are concerned about the effects of Typhoon Koppu that may last three days, as the weather system is trapped in its movement by another typhoon. So far it’s a wait and see matter, but the Philippine Amateur Radio Association … Continue reading →

At 2245 UTC on 16th September an 8.3 Magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile causing Tsunami waves along the coast up to 4.5m high in places. Eleven people are known to have died with many more evacuated from … Continue reading →

At 2245 UTC on 16th September an 8.3 Magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile causing Tsunami waves along the coast up to 4.5m high in places. Five people are known to have died with many more evacuated from … Continue reading →

VU2JAU The National Co-Ordinator for Disaster Communications in India ( ARSI ) in discussion with Satish 9N1AA have assessed that since now all the communications systems are working normally following the second Nepal earthquake on 12th May they will suspend … Continue reading →

At 0705UTC on 12 May Nepal was hit by a new earthquake of magnitude 7.4 followed by significant aftershocks in the magnitude 5-6 region. There is still a large international disaster response structure in the country from the earlier earthquakes … Continue reading →