Amateur Radio in Disaster Relief - New Zealand
Amateur Radio in Disaster Relief - New Zealand Posted in QRZ.com 24/09/24 As I write this post I am aware that it may get some mixed reactions, but its main intent is to get some ideas and advice on how to tackle a problem I am having here in New Zealand. Just to make things easier going forward let me list some comparative organisations and classes of radio in the NZ and the equivalent in the States. NZART ( https:// www.nzart.org.nz ) = ARRL AREC ( https://arec.nz ) = ARES CDEM ( https://www.civildefence.govt.nz ) = FEMA PRS - Personal Radio Service ( https://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/d...n-band-cbpersonal-radio-service-prs-licensing ) = CB, MURS, GMRS, FRS In NZ we have another recently formed organisation, HFRadio.NZ ( https:// hfradio.nz) and more relevant to this discussion Alpine Fault Net ( https://hfradio.nz/alpine-fault-net/ ) which is an integral part of the HF Radio Charitable Trust. I am not sure if there is an equivalence in North America. Amateur Radio plays an important...