Sri Lanka?s amateur radio operators have renewed their call to be included in communication work during national disasters, after the defence authorities relaxed rules on clearing equipment.
The report in Lanka Business says:
Popularly known as ?ham radio? enthusiasts, amateur radio operators use a designated radio frequency spectrum to communicate non-commercial messages, private recreation, wireless experiments and emergency communication.
?We would like to join-up with the National Disaster Management Centre in some small way, to help them with emergency communication work,?
Radio Society of Sri Lanka official, Victor Goonetilleke 4S7VK said during Tuesday?s public lecture on Disaster Risk Reduction, organised by LIRNEasia, a regional ICT think-tank.
With some 200 members under its umbrella, the Radio Society of Sri Lanka is not new to disaster communications in the island.
The society played a crucial role during the 2004 Asian tsunami that claimed over 30,000 lives when giant tidal waves struck the island?s shores displacing about one million people.
Read the full Lanka Business story at
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=1289520459
The Radio Society of Sri Lanka
http://www.rssl.lk/
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