KH6JRM's Amateur Radio Blog
Hawaii Island is still recovering from the effects of the 11 March 2011 tsunami. As of today, the Big Island sustained around $14.2 million in damage, with most of the loss to commercial business $11.1 million). The state is now compiling a full damage assess- ment with the hope of getting some federal disaster relief funds. Local amateur radio operators were active at Hawaii County Civil Defense and provided communication backup where necessary. Despite some intermod problems on VHF (2 meters), most of the traffic passed got through on time. Pacific Section Manager Bob Sneider has a complete assessment in his recent section manager report. I was a bit surprised that our 2-meter interisland links had problems. Murphy's Law is alive and well. Meanwhile, Japanese amateur radio operators are still helping with recovery efforts north of Tokyo. The 24 March 2011 "ARRL Letter" has a good run down of those activities. Like amateurs in this country, Japane