Hams prepare for emergencies

November 1, 2009 by Arvadmin

IARU member societies and amateur radio emergency communications groups around the world are getting ready for next month’s Global Simulated Emergency Test.

It will be on Saturday the 14th of November between 1800 and 2300 UTC, on or near the emergency centre of activity frequencies on the 80, 40, 20, 17 and 15 metre bands. These frequencies are now listed in band plans around the world.

GlobalSET is not a contest but a training exercise in the handling of emergency communications and testing of equipment.

It puts a world-wide focus on the training that regularly occurs in some countries in preparation for the time when amateur radio plays its role in providing communications in times of an emergency.

For more details check out the IARU Region 1 website under the Emergency Communications Working Group section.