Guadalupe River Flash Flood Preparedness Failures
While the nation mourns the lives lost during the recent Guadalupe River flash flooding in Texas, it may also be a good time to examine related emergency preparedness failures. Let’s…
Is Shortwave Radio Still Relevant?
Those of us living in the Western World have access to an unprecedented amount of information, both good and bad. We are at liberty to select or discard information at…
Winlink RRI Quick Welfare Message Form & SMS Gateway
With Winlink’s most recent forms package update the “RRI Quick Welfare Message” has been updated (3.0.5) to integrate the RRI SMS Gateway service. The RRI SMS Gateway enables a Winlink…
Certified Radiogram Implementation
Effective June 1, 2025, Radio Relay International will begin conveying the new “Certified”precedence radiogram. The certified precedence radiogram, also referred to as the “fast telegram”message is a new classification reserved…
Puerto Rico Communications Manager Appointed
The Radio Relay International Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jorge Rivera to the position of Puerto Rico Communications Manager. Mr. Rivera (licensed as NP4ZB) has…
RRI Bulletin, Huricane Milton, October 8, 2024, 1945Z
Radio amateurs in Florida may want to prepare for a significant hurricane due to impact the west coast of the state within the next 48-hours. As with all such tropical…
Q.E.D: Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene: Q.E.D. Several decades ago, the author described radio amateurs as being “prostrate at the altar of the god baud, cowering in fear.” This tongue-in-cheek statement was intended to…
Broadcast Network Coverage of 1948 ARRL Field Day
With the annual ARRL Field Day event rapidly approaching, we thought it might be nice to share this audio recording of a 1948 network radio broadcast covering Amateur Radio and…
RRI National Response Plan Updated
Despite having been heavily involved in promoting public service and emergency communications for over a century, the legacy organization that predates the creation of Radio Relay International had never developed…
The Lahaina Fire: Are the Cellular Carriers Responsible?
Associated Press recently reported that Maui County, Hawaii is suing several cellular carriers for a failure to notify law enforcement of cellular outages during the disastrous Lahaina wildfire during August…