<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">After Nepal earthquake, people turn to ham radio</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">In Gear &amp; Gadgets <strong>Megan Geuss</strong> writes that amateur radio has proven to be effective as a means of communication in Nepal in recent days<br><br>As part of the story Megan interviewed <strong>Jim Linton VK3PC</strong>, Chairman of the International Amateur Radio Union’s (IARU) Region 3 Disaster Communications Committee, to get a sense of what kind of information ham radio operators are getting.<br><br>Read the full story at <br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/28/after-nepal-earthquake-people-turn-to-ham-radio/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none">http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/28/after-nepal-earthquake-people-turn-to-ham-radio/</a><br><br>9N1EMERGENCY Facebook Group<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/823876351031939/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none">https://www.facebook.com/groups/823876351031939/</a></p></div>