Category Archives: Urgent Announcement

The rescue and relief efforts after Saturday’s southwest China Ya’an earthquake is continuing with the number of lives lost officially at 188 people, 25 are missing and 11,460 injured. While radio amateurs continue to help with relief efforts, Fan Bin … Continue reading →

The earthquake has killed 179 people and injured 6986.  Hundreds of amateur radio operators went to Ya’an helping disaster relief. The disaster happened as the Global Simulated Emergency Test was underway headed in China by station BY3CQ and others – … Continue reading →

Today 8:02am, a 7.0 scale earthquake hit Ya’an city, Sichuan province in China. The epicenter was near Lushan County. As of 17:24 today, 113 persons were killed and more than 2,000 were injured. After the disaster, The Sichuan amateur radio … Continue reading →

Following received from Jorge, LU1AS. The flooding rains have been very strong in the city of Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, and in the city of La Plata, which is the capital of the Province of Buenos Aires, located 60 … Continue reading →

The tropical storm Crising menacing The Philippines archipelago has activated the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) with 7.095 MHz and local nets handling urgent traffic. The Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) Vice Chief Operating Officer, Ramon J. Anquilan DU1UGZ has … Continue reading →

Spare a thought for those who spent a nervous, very wet and windy Christmas period as Tropical Storm Quinta went through the south of the Philippines, in areas trying to recover from Typhoon Bopha earlier in the month. Activated during … Continue reading →

The Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) Inc. has activated its emergency net to deal with whatever contingencies that may arise due to typhoon Quinta making landfall by tomorrow Dec 26. As of the moment the typhoon is situated some 60 … Continue reading →

The powerful Typhoon Bopha that killed at least 600 people and left many missing in southern Philippines last week, made an unexpected U-turn to hit the northern part of the archipelago. Active during both disasters were the planned ham radio … Continue reading →

The Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) has reactivated its emergency net for Typhoon Pablo (international name Bopha) because its path has changed and may hit the archipelago again. Vice Chief Operating Officer of PARA, Ramon J. Anquiln DU1UGZ, said the … Continue reading →

Two additional earthquakes have struck the Emilia Romagna region of Italy this afternoon (May 29). At the moment there are around 15 deaths reported. Following a request from the Italian Civil Protection department. RNRE have immediately sent one Mobile Unit … Continue reading →