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03/23/2011 | Radio Amateurs in Japan Still Providing Communications Support
On the afternoon of Friday, March 11, an 8.9 earthquake hit Northern Japan, followed by several big aftershocks and a devastating tsunami in the coastal areas. “In the early stage following the earthquake and tsunami, several radio amateurs were able to a
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03/17/2011 | ICOM, Kenwood Issue Statements Regarding Effects of Earthquake on Operations
After the 8.9 earthquake struck Japan last week, both ICOM and Kenwood, as well Yaesu, have issued statements how the natural disaster has affected their operations. Yaesu had reported that one of their factories in Fukushima was damaged and will be close
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03/15/2011 | Radio Amateurs in Japan Provide Communications Support after Earthquake
Since last week’s 8.9 earthquake and tsunami, Japan faces widespread destruction, including power, fuel and water shortages. The Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) HQ station JA1RL, along with other amateurs throughout the island nation, is maintaining the
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03/14/2011 | 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
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03/11/2011 | Massive Earthquake Hits Japan, Tsunami Warnings Issued
An 8.9 earthquake struck Japan at 2:46 JST (0546 UTC) on Friday, March 11. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), this is largest earthquake in 140 years to hit the island nation. The earthquake occurred in the western Pacific Ocean, 81
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02/25/2011 | No HF Frequencies Being Used in New Zealand Earthquake Operations
The ARRL has just received word from the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- that amateurs there providing communications support in the aftermath of the 6.3 earthquake are using 2 meters (144 MHz
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02/24/2011 | New Zealand Amateurs Assist in Earthquake’s Aftermath
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday, February 22 at 12:51 PM local time (2351 on February 21 UTC). According to IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee Chairman Jim Linton, VK3PC, 10 rad
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02/09/2011 | Radio Club d’Haiti Receives Repeater from ARRL and Radio Club Dominicano
As part of the relief efforts after the earthquake in Haiti, the ARRL -- through its Ham Aid Program -- with the help of IARU Region 2 and the Radio Club Dominicano (RCD), delivered a Vertex VXR-7000 repeater to the Radio Club d’Haiti. This repeater, part
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