{"id":13061,"date":"2015-04-27T18:38:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T22:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2015-04-28T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T15:04:24","slug":"listening-to-the-nepal-emergency-amateur-radio-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/listening-to-the-nepal-emergency-amateur-radio-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to the Nepal Emergency Amateur Radio Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13065\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map.jpg\" alt=\"Nepal-Earthquake-Map\" width=\"650\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My pal,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K7al_L3afta\/status\/592732906101022720\" target=\"_blank\">@K7al_L3afta<\/a>, recently posted the following recording of the\u00a0Nepal emergency amateur radio net <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K7al_L3afta\/status\/592732906101022720\" target=\"_blank\">via Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nepal Emergency Amateur Radio Net 14205 KHz by @K7al_L3afta\" width=\"625\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F202805250&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=938&#038;maxwidth=625\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He also recorded this short segment relaying that A65DR is alive and well:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul A65DR is alive and safe - Nepal Emergency Amateur Radio Net 14205 KHz by @K7al_L3afta\" width=\"625\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F202809627&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=938&#038;maxwidth=625\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K7al_L3afta\/status\/592732906101022720\" target=\"_blank\">@K7al_L3afta<\/a> is using a PL-660 in an RFI-heavy, urban environment in Morocco. Even knowing some of these operators are using high power, I&#8217;m impressed the PL-660 is getting such good reception.<\/p>\n<p>If you have SSB mode on your receiver, you can try monitoring some of the Nepal emergency nets\u00a0on 14,205 and 14,215 kHz USB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My pal,\u00a0@K7al_L3afta, recently posted the following recording of the\u00a0Nepal emergency amateur radio net via Twitter: He also recorded this short segment relaying that A65DR is alive and well: @K7al_L3afta is using a PL-660 in an RFI-heavy, urban environment in Morocco. Even knowing some of these operators are using high power, I&#8217;m impressed the PL-660 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,746,43,1167],"tags":[3553,2709,3798,3797,330],"class_list":["post-13061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-k7al_l3afta","tag-emergency-communications","tag-nepal","tag-nepal-earthquake-amateur-radio","tag-tecsun-pl-660"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3oF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12326,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/catching-a-usaf-hf-gcs-transmission-in-morocco\/","url_meta":{"origin":13061,"position":0},"title":"Catching a USAF HF-GCS transmission in Morocco","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My buddy,\u00a0@K7al_L3afta\u00a0(on Twitter), posted this interesting recording of the US Air Force\u00a0High Frequency Global Communications System\u00a0on 15,016 kHz USB at 18:01 UTC yesterday: I don't believe I've ever heard or noticed this type of USAF HF-GCS transmission before. \u00a0Sounds almost like a numbers station. Update: SWLing Post reader, Daniele, comments:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HF-GCS-logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/HF-GCS-logo.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12690,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/shortwave-radio-recordings-eam-messages\/","url_meta":{"origin":13061,"position":1},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: EAM messages","author":"Thomas","date":"March 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Inspired by SWLing Post reader\u00a0@K7al_L3afta, a few weeks ago, I monitored\u00a015,016 kHz\u00a0for US Air Force EAM (Emergency Action Messages). I'm no expert on military communications, but I did manage to catch a few messages--that I assume are EAM(?)--on the same frequency. All of these recordings were made on\u00a0the afternoon of\u00a0February\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"StrategicAirCommand","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StrategicAirCommand.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StrategicAirCommand.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StrategicAirCommand.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12074,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/kyodo-news-agency-fax-and-the-sony-crf-v21\/","url_meta":{"origin":13061,"position":2},"title":"Kyodo News Agency Fax and the Sony CRF-V21","author":"Thomas","date":"January 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend,\u00a0@K7al_L3afta, posted\u00a0to Twitter, the following fax he decoded from the Kyodo News Agency on\u00a012,745 kHz today: The Kyodo News Agency is possibly the last marine weather fax station which faxes daily news (full newspapers) and navigational warnings to ships at sea. For those of you who might believe it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"KyodoNewsAgency-001","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KyodoNewsAgency-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KyodoNewsAgency-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KyodoNewsAgency-001.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/KyodoNewsAgency-001.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19938,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/theres-a-pattern-in-that-noise\/","url_meta":{"origin":13061,"position":3},"title":"There&#8217;s a pattern in that noise!","author":"Thomas","date":"July 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0@K7al_L3afta, who just shared the image (above) and noted, on Twitter: \"I just discovered the noise at the start of [the VOA Radiogram has] a purpose!\"\u00a0 https:\/\/twitter.com\/K7al_L3afta\/status\/749391585259974656 That's a brilliant discovery! Click here to learn about the VOA Radiogram. Click here to follow\u00a0@K7al_L3afta\u00a0on Twitter.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Modes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Modes","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-modes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Digital-Image-VOA-Radiogram","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Digital-Image-VOA-Radiogram.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13075,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/ars-technica-people-turn-to-ham-radio-in-aftermath-of-nepal-earthquake\/","url_meta":{"origin":13061,"position":4},"title":"ARS Technica: People turn to ham radio in aftermath of Nepal earthquake","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, John Drake, who shares this excellent article from ARS Technica: \"On Saturday, Nepal was shaken by a massive earthquake that registered a 7.8 on the Richter scale, causing widespread destruction in areas of dense population, and preventing aid workers from reaching more isolated villages\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Elecraft-KX3","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Elecraft-KX3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Elecraft-KX3.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Elecraft-KX3.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24455,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/the-tar-224-cia-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":13061,"position":5},"title":"The TAR-224 CIA Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, @K7al_L3afta, who suggested I post photos of the TAR-224 Radio. Obviously, he knows I'm a fan of this sort of\u00a0rig! He discovered the TAR-224 on the excellent CIA online museum where they give a brief description of the unit: A compact, high-frequency, paramilitary transceiver,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TAR-224-Radio-2-CIA-SPY.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TAR-224-Radio-2-CIA-SPY.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TAR-224-Radio-2-CIA-SPY.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/TAR-224-Radio-2-CIA-SPY.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}