ARLA/CLUSTER: Exercicio de Comunicações de Emergencia durante o JOTA 2011

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

JOTA and Emergency Communications

Hans Zimmermann F5VKP and F/HB9AQS, the IARU International Coordinator
for Emergency Communications emailed the following information about
an EMCOM component of this year's JOTA event.

Within this year's JOTA, an emergency communications exercise will
take place on Saturday, October 15, in the afternoon (Central European
time zone). This simulated emergency test will include the
Headquarters station, HB9S, of the World Organization of the Scout
Movement (WOSM), which will be operated by hams from 5 different
countries.

WOSM has now published the details for the event on its web site:
http://scout.org/en/information_events/events/jota/the_54th_jota_2011
with numerous links to related documents of IARU and other sources.

This year's JOTA theme offers an excellent opportunity to raise the
awareness for the role of the Amateur Radio Service in disaster
situations.

For more information, the JOTA organizer, Richard Middelkoop, PA3BAR,
can be reached at RMiddelkoop  scout.org