Jeff Austin 9Y4J, Emergency Coordinator of Area E, reported on Sunday 21, at 12:35 that “the Caribbean Emergency Net and Weather, was activated, at 23:45 UTC on August 20th, on 3,815 KHz, with the option of using 7,165 KHz as required, with the arrival of Tropical Storm Irene which was expected to affect the Northern [...]

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The IARU Region 3 Chairman Michael Owen VK3KI, and Directors Peter Lake ZL2AZ,Shizuo Endo JE1MUI, Professor Rhee HL1AQQ and Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN, met at the JARL offices in Tokyo. At the meeting 14-16 July they were assisted by IARU Region 3 Secretary was Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP, and Keigo Komuro JA1KAB, Special Advisor to the Directors. [...]

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Michael Owen VK3KI, Presidente de IARU R3, y los Directores Peter Lake ZL2AZ, Shizuo Endo JE1MUI, Profesor Rhee HL1AQQ y Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN, se reunieron en las oficinas de JARL en Tokio. La Reunión se realizo del 14 hasta el 16 de Julio; fue asistida por Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP Secretario de IARU R3, y Keigo [...]

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La semana pasada, hubo una reunión de los Co-ordinadores de Comunicaciones de Emergencias de la IARU R1, durante la Feria de la Radioaficion en Friedrichshafen, Alemania. Representantes de diez países se reunieron con visitantes a la feria, y se enteraron de la situación de Comunicaciones de Emergencias de sus respectivos países. Alberto Barbera, IK1YLO, Co-ordinador [...]

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Last week, there was a short meeting of IARU Region 1 EmComm Co-ordinators during HamRadio Fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Ten representatives countries met up with visitors, and they heard about the EmComm situation in their countries. Alberto Barbera, IK1YLO, EmComm Co-ordinator of Italy, commented: “Really Friedrichshafen Messes is a good meeting point and can be [...]

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Two earthquakes of magnitudes M4.4 and M5.2 struck the Region of Murcia (southeastern Spain) in the evening of 11th May, causing at least 8 dead and 167 wounded in the town of Lorca, due mainly to debris falling from some buildings. The Spanish Government has activated the National Plan for Earthquake Risks, sending to the [...]

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Dos sismos de magnitudes M4.4 y M5.2 golpearon la Región de Murcia (sureste de España) en la noche del 11 de mayo, causando al menos ocho muertos y 167 heridos en la ciudad de Lorca, debido principalmente a la caída de escombros de algunos edificios. El Gobierno español ha activado el Plan Nacional de Riesgos [...]

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La Conferencia Mundial de Emergencia de Radio Aficionados (GAREC) 2011, se celebrará en Sun City, Sudáfrica del 15 al 19 de Agosto. Información sobre la inscripción para GAREC, y más detalles están disponibles en: http://www.iaru2011.org.za/GAREC2011.htm También información de las anteriores conferencias GAREC, está disponible en: http://www.iaru.org/emergency/ Tweet

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Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference (GAREC) 2011 will be held in Sun City, South Africa from 15th to 19th August. Registration for GAREC and more details are available at http://www.iaru2011.org.za/GAREC2011.htm Information from GAREC earlier conferences is available at http://www.iaru.org/emergency/ Tweet

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The amateur radio activity is continuing to help those mainly within the disaster recovery area struck by the worst earthquake in Japan in 140 years. IARU Region 3 Secretary, Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP said “several stations are handling medium distance information exchange on 7.030/7.043 MHz”. The operation in VHF and UHF bands becomes more active than [...]

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