Radio Amateurs of the Malta Amateur Radio League (MARL) have completed their involvement in a European Union supported Earthquake simulation exercise in their country.
Around 300 participants simulated the scenario in which Malta was hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the central Mediterranean area 120km South West of the island. Because of the size of the simulated event the Malta Civil Protection Department were assisted by the Presidenza della Regione Siciliana-Departimento della Protezione Civile in Italy.
The Exercise started at 1700 Local time on 3rd September and continued on until 5th September. As part of the support provided by amateur radio to the exercise, around 220 messages were passed on behalf of the emergency services. They also provided mobile radio backup in areas not served by PMR repeaters and an ATV stream from the exercise site to the base of operation. To demonstrate all the tools available to Amateur Radio they also used digital modes to pass text files, photos etc. between locations and also assisted with setting up of networks and other IT and technical support.
This exercise provided a great opportunity for Radio Amateurs to show what they can do in a disaster in Europe, raising awareness with the authorities and highlighting that disasters can occur anywhere in our region.
Source: IARU and
Malta Amateur Radio League
http://www.9h1mrl.org/
“Hello Operators. Topic of the day is the Raspberry Pi 3B+, and how I’m using it for amateur field communications. During May 18-21, I spe... Read more
Student registration is now open for 2016 Dayton ConTest University (CTU), to be held all day on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at the Crowne Plaza in downto... Read more
Amateur Radio will again be represented at the 2019 National Hurricane Conference, April 22 – 25 in New Orleans. “Improving Hurricane Preparedness” is... Read more
“Ken, “Digital Dorsey”, KA8OAD talks about various types of USB, HDMI and DVI cables used around the radio shack.” Read more
General Features: Output Power 1.8 – 30 MHz 2K+, 6m 1K+ Device: 2x BLF189XR Auto Band Selection ICOM®; YAESU® Band data Interface CAT Connectivity LAN... Read more
The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) publis... Read more
DXtreme Software™ has released a new version of its popular logging program for radio monitoring enthusiasts: DXtreme Monitor Log 11. Monitor Log 11 l... Read more
The Yasme Foundation has released two chronicles of amateur radio DX history that make for compelling reading — a downloadable edition ofYasme: The Da... Read more
Recent Posts
Raspberry Pi Powered HF Radio in an Ammo Can GoBox
Registration Open for Dayton Contest University
Amateur Radio Sessions Set for 2019 National Hurricane Conference
Digital Cables and Connectors we see and use in the Ham Shack
RF-KIT RF2K-S Amplifier – Legal Limit Solid State PA
Data on Number of Radio Amateurs Worldwide Needs Updating
Product Announcement DXtreme Monitor Log 11™
Yasme Foundation Releases Chronicles of Amateur Radio DX History
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Famateur-radio-involved-in-major-exercise-in-malta%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
![Super Versa Xseries Antenna [ Japan ] 11 and 8 elemets HF Antenna](https://qrznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/408xmain-265x168.jpg)
