Our team of certified amateur radio operators help New Zealand communities affected by natural disaster.
Dedication to community service together with technical knowledge, amateur radio operators provide a communication system of last resort when normal services have failed or are overloaded.
Feature | Alpine Fault Network |
---|---|
Dedicated to disaster relief communications | Yes |
Who we serve, and connect with | Family, neighbours, community groups and civil defence (on request) |
Everybody is a volunteer | Yes |
Activation | Self activated when disaster strikes |
Participation | All certified amateur radio operators within New Zealand are invited |
Certified Amateur Radio Operators | Always |
Amateur Radio Frequencies | Always |
Monthly nation-wide disaster comms exercise | Yes |
Dedicated to the Amateur Service | 100% |