Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference

MyGarec 2012 from 11th November - 15th November 2012

GAREC 2012…. MALAYSIA

Malaysia will be hosting Global Amateur Radio Emergency Conference (GAREC) 2012.
Look out for information to come….

Invitation Letters to Post-Mortem Meeting For RACIM EmCom 2011

KEPADA YANG BERKENAAN:
MESYUARAT POST MORTEM UNTUK SEMINAR PERINGKAT KEBANGSAAN “SYNCHRONIZING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AMONG THE RADIO AMATEUR COMMUNITY IN MALAYSIA 2011″ (RACIM EMCOM 2011) YANG TELAH DIADAKAN PADA 30hb APRIL 2011-2hb MEI 2011, BERTEMPAT DI HOTEL SERI MALAYSIA BAGAN LALANG, SELANGOR.
Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa ITU-UUM CoE For Rural ICT Development dengan kerjasama Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) telah berjaya menganjurkan Seminar Peringkat Kebangsaan “Synchronizing Emergency Communication In Disaster Management Among the Radio Amateur Community in Malaysia 2011″ (RACIM EmCom 2011) yang telah diadakan pada 30hb April – 2hb Mei 2011 yang bertempat di Hotel Seri Malaysia Bagan Lalang, Selangor. Read more »

IARU HF Championship

Contest Objective-

To contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.

Dates-

The second full weekend of July, beginning 1200 UTC Saturday and ending 1200 UTC Sunday (July 9-10, 2011). Both Single and Multi operator stations may operate the entire 24-hour period.

Bands-

160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters. No contest QSOS on 12, 17, 30 or 60 meters. Read more »

Norwegian Radio Amateurs provide emergency comms

Norway’s national amateur radio society, the NRRL, reports that Radio Amateurs have been providing assistance following recent flooding.

The NRRL report that as a result of the flooding and landslides in Oppland and Hedmark, the telecoms company Telenor has had substantial problems with the mobile phone network and the Main Rescue Coordination Centre for Southern Norway requested assistance from NRRL.

Communications were set up between southern Norway and Lillehammer.

Repeaters around Oslo and Mjøs have been used.

Norwegian Radio Relay League (NRRL) in Google English
http://tinyurl.com/NorwayNRRL

 

Hungarian Disaster Management Field Exercise

Hungarian Radio Amateurs took part in the field exercise that assumed the loss of telecommunication networks due to a earthquake in Tolna.

The exercise was organized within the IRIS project supported by the frame program FP7 of the European Union and it was held from 23 May to 25 May 2011, organized by disaster management in Tolna county, Hungary.

The assumption was the lack of electricity and loss of professional telecommunication networks (Tetra, mobile, Internet etc.) in the area due to a major earthquake in Tolna county.

According to telecommunication plan of the exercise radio amateurs established HF and UHF communication between the portable station on site, the emergency center in county seat (Szekszárd) and a radio club station in Budapest (who forwarded the messages to the HQ of national disaster management.

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NATIONAL SEMINAR ON “SYNCHRONIZING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AMONG THE RADIO AMATEUR COMMUNITY IN MALAYSIA 2011” (RACIM EmCom 2011)

Usually when disaster strikes Public Protection and Disaster Relief is of the up-most importance. The National Security Council plays the major role in initiating, activating and organizing rescue and relief actions in time of disasters and catastrophes. These create effective missions.

Hence, ITU-UUM seeks this opportunity to organize this seminar to provide an insight to the importance of radio communication and RACIM’s role in emergency communication. The amateur radio operators being the well spread communicators across the nation.

Information and guidance from the National Security Council, Fire and Rescue and other relevant agencies would give RACIM and relevant NGOs a better understanding of their role in Public Protection and Disaster Relief. Among the subjects that will be discussed is the National Security Council’s Directive No.20 (MKN Arahan 20) which states the roles of all rescue and relief agencies in a disaster. Read more »