Category Archives: Urgent Announcement

At 0705UTC this morning Nepal was hit by a new earthquake of magnitude 7.4. The planned response from the American MARS service with 9N1SP is now in place should support be required. However there is still a large international disaster … Continue reading →

The final update was received today from Jayu VU2JAU who has been keeping in daily contact with Satish 9N1AA on 20m. Their scheduled contacts have decreased in frequency over the last few days and closed at 02:30UTC today. This is … Continue reading →

Radio Amateurs continue to provide communications services in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal. While the pace of communications has slowed the international links which have functioned since the first hours of the disaster are still working though on … Continue reading →

In all disasters there is a sad shift from search and rescue activities to one of recovery. In Nepal this transition is beginning with no further Search and Rescue or Medical teams being required to enter the country and those … Continue reading →

As the time passes the situation in Nepal, hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake over the weekend, seems to be getting worse. Many people are still buried in collapsed buildings and caught in rubble from landslides and there are fears that … Continue reading →

The rescue and recovery work is continuing after the devastating 7.8 on the Richter scale earthquake that claimed at least 2,700 lives, with many missing, and widespread damage in Nepal. The Nepal Amateur Radio Society is providing emergency communications with … Continue reading →

Hi, the following information has been received from Region 3 this morning. Note that the Nepalese amateurs are working on VHF locally and at the time of the report the external net on HF was on 14.210 MHz. 3 hours … Continue reading →

Severe flooding in West Malaysia has already claimed five lives and led to 100,000 people being evacuated according to press reports. Malaysian Radio Amateurs have been assisting in relief efforts initially using VHF/UHF repeaters and now with a HF network … Continue reading →

Very heavy rains that have reached more than 400 mm rainfall in 24 hours over Baracoa, the eastern city of Guantanamo province required the activation of the GUANTANAMO FRC PROVINCIAL‎  EMERGENCY NET , PRIMARY FREQUENCY ON 40 METERS 7115 KHZ … Continue reading →

More widespread devastation is likely in areas of the Philippines that were hit late last year by Super Typhoon Haiyan, as a new typhoon called Hagupit is over the Pacific Ocean headed for mostly poor communities. The Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) … Continue reading →