{"id":61812,"date":"2025-01-21T12:56:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61812"},"modified":"2025-01-21T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:05:41","slug":"itu-publication-international-radio-frequencies-for-disaster-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/itu-publication-international-radio-frequencies-for-disaster-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"ITU Publication: International Radio Frequencies for Disaster Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMany thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Alan, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas,
\nI came across this PDF from the ITU: Use of International Radio for Disaster Relief frequencies for emergency broadcasts in the High Frequency bands <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

With so many disasters, may be of interest to your posters.<\/p>\n

Click here to download (PDF).<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you, Alan!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Alan, who writes: Thomas, I came across this PDF from the ITU: Use of International Radio for Disaster Relief frequencies for emergency broadcasts in the High Frequency bands With so many disasters, may be of interest to your posters. Click here to download (PDF). Thank you, Alan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[599,960,3,43],"tags":[2709,9861],"class_list":["post-61812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-preparedness","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-emergency-communications","tag-itu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g4Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35814,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/frequency-coordination-news-and-irdr-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":61812,"position":0},"title":"Frequency coordination news and IRDR updates","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan Hughes, who shares this article by WRMI's Jeff White in Radio World magazine.\u00a0Besides covering updates in the A19 broadcast season, and Radio Exterior de Espa\u00f1a's increased broadcasts, Jeff notes frequencies and updates for the International Radio for Disaster Relief initiative. 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