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Download a pdf guidebook. Hyperlink: http://www.weather.gov/os/hurricane/resources/TropicalCyclones11.pdf Preparedness Fast Facts – Hurricanes What should I do? Be Red Cross Ready – Hurricane Safety Checklist [PDF] Listen to a NOAA Weather Radio for critical information from the National Weather Service (NWS). Check your disaster supplies and replace or restock as needed. Bring...


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Over 2.6 million Amateur Radio stations around the world working on the amateur radio bands. They have often provided the first information of a disaster and served as the only link in the rural and remote areas. List of radio frequencies for the hurricane season 2011-12. 490.0 (Sitor-B) NAVTEX alternate, languages other than English 518.0 (Sitor-B) US & Canadian CGs, Navigational Telex...


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ACR Electronics has introduced the world’s Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)—the MicroFix, a one-button activated, emergency signaling device for hunters, pilots, hikers, climbers and outdoorsmen. The MicroFix, which has just received FCC approvals, is 35% smaller and 25% lighter than its predecessor, the ACR TerraFix, a PLB that aided in the rescue of a number of distressed outdoors enthusiasts around...


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Amateur radio operators are still assisting with disaster communications, after last weekend's snowstorm and massive power blackouts that followed. The storm, which dumped more than a foot of wet snow on many areas, brought down tree limbs and power lines, and left more than 700 thousand Connecticut homes in the dark. For ham radio, the Connecticut Section of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service...


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Photo by : washingtonpost.com At a recent gathering hosted by Thailand's amateur radio society, RAST, those present heard how RAST Secretary Wacharaphol, HS4DDQ, and his team working with the Public Health Ministry on Ngarmwongwarn Road and using the callsign HS0AC had helped to save almost 1,000 lives by coordinating rescue communications in cases of medical emergencies. The activities of the amateur...


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Regional Emergency/Hurricane Nets Please keep the following Amateur Radio HF Frequencies clear Frequency (KHz) Net 1984.0 Virgin Islands (VI, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) 3710.0 Puerto Rico 3815.0 Caribbean Emergency and Weather (1030 & 2230) Inter-island (continuous watch) 3935.0 Belize 3950.0 Hurricane Watch (Amateur-to-National Hurricane Center) (altn) 7055.0 El...


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Message from Toru, JG1EIQ Following freq’s are assigned for emergency QSO. Please be clear. Thank you for your kind help! Ops JARL & volunteers — 3520 to 3530 KHz 7025 to 7035 KHz 14090 to 14110 KHz 21190 to 21200 KHz 28190 to 28210 KHz 50100 KHz 51000 KHz 14100 KHz 14500 KHz 430100 KHz 433000 KHz DXped Ops — Please kindly consider QSX freq & RTTY freq. Tweet


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Japan Asks Radio Amateurs to Keep Frequencies Clear As Country Goes into Recovery Mode after Devastating Earthquake After the 8.9 earthquake that struck near Sendai, Japan at 2:46 JST (0546 UTC) on Friday, March 11, the island nation is trying to recover. Soon after the earthquake -- which the US Geological Survey (USGS) is calling the largest to hit the island nation in 140 years -- Japan has been...


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