{"id":9796,"date":"2014-06-03T07:59:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T11:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9796"},"modified":"2014-06-03T08:02:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T12:02:03","slug":"international-radio-for-disaster-relief-includes-special-qsl-june-5-6-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/international-radio-for-disaster-relief-includes-special-qsl-june-5-6-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"International Radio for Disaster Relief includes special QSL: June 5 &#8211; 6, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9842\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HFCC-InternationalRadioForDidsasterRelief.jpg\" alt=\"HFCC-InternationalRadioForDidsasterRelief\" width=\"650\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HFCC-InternationalRadioForDidsasterRelief.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HFCC-InternationalRadioForDidsasterRelief-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/HFCC-InternationalRadioForDidsasterRelief-100x24.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The High Frequency Co-ordination Conference&#8217;s (HFCC) test of the <em>International Radio for Disaster Reduction (IRDR)\u00a0<\/em>broadcasts are\u00a0on track for <strong>June 5-6, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> reader, <strong>Mehmet Burk<\/strong>, who has posted the updated schedule <a title=\"Relief Analysis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reliefanalysis.com\/2014\/05\/international-radio-for-disaster-relief.html\" target=\"_blank\">on his website,\u00a0<em>Relief Analysis<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mehmet also shares this message from HFCC Board member, Oldrich Cip, who mentions a special QSL card that will be issued for IRDR reception reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">&#8220;The Trial of International Radio for Disaster Relief on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aBn\" style=\"color: #222222;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1110762722\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 5th and 6th<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0during the Jakarta ABU Media Summit is approaching quickly. The last updated version of the Trial programme is available in a presentation here:<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/hfcc.org\/doc\/HFCC_RAD_2014-004-IRDR_Jakarta_Presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hfcc.org\/doc\/HFCC_RAD_2014-004-IRDR_Jakarta_Presentation.pdf<\/a><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Let me ask all organisations taking part in the Trial to check on the Trial programme schedule and ask for any changes or additions of the technical details that might be still needed. More details about the IRDR and about the Trial and its background are here:<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/hfcc.org\/humanitarian\/irdrtrial.phtml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hfcc.org\/humanitarian\/irdrtrial.phtml<\/a><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The interest in the Trial created among participants indicates that it is real to set up a world-wide system of a voluntary, disaster relief shortwave radio with tools and services that are already in place. Publicity is needed to raise awareness in the world community about it &#8211; since the on-going cuts of shortwave installations might make this increasingly difficult.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Please kindly spread the word about it and encourage people to listen to the Trial programmes. Reception reports will be confirmed by special QSL cards.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, check out\u00a0Mehmet Burk&#8217;s IRDR updates\u00a0<a title=\"Relief Analysis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reliefanalysis.com\" target=\"_blank\">on <em>Relief Analysis<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Frequency Co-ordination Conference&#8217;s (HFCC) test of the International Radio for Disaster Reduction (IRDR)\u00a0broadcasts are\u00a0on track for June 5-6, 2014. Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mehmet Burk, who has posted the updated schedule on his website,\u00a0Relief Analysis. Mehmet also shares this message from HFCC Board member, Oldrich Cip, who mentions a special QSL [&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":[56,81,960,3,553,438,651,43,1409,1167],"tags":[633,2541,2991,2993,2992,2990,2565,2566],"class_list":["post-9796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-current-events","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-preparedness","category-schedules","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-hfcc","tag-high-frequency-coordination-conference","tag-international-radio-for-disaster-reduction","tag-international-radio-for-disaster-reduction-irdr","tag-international-radio-for-disaster-reduction-schedule","tag-irdr","tag-mehmet-burk","tag-relief-analysis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2y0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10066,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/qsl-international-radio-for-disaster-relief-irdr\/","url_meta":{"origin":9796,"position":0},"title":"QSL: International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR)","author":"Thomas","date":"June 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post\u00a0reader, Michael Guerin, writes: \"Just received [this QSL card] from HFCC in Czech Republic. 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