The German radio amateurs who have joined forces in the non-profit German Amateur Radio Club (DARC) have developed a new emergency radio concept. During the flood disaster in the Ahr valley, they hardly got a chance, because the rescue workers have a powerful communication infrastructure with the new digital radio for authorities and the radio bridges that amateurs could build can hardly be integrated.

According to its own information, the Emergency and Disaster Radio Department at DARC has been analyzing for a long time how the requirements for emergency radio have changed as a result of technical change. The association has now presented a completely new concept in which external helpers from aid organizations, politics, business and the armed forces have contributed.

In the future, German radio amateurs in disaster areas will no longer just record and forward messages as before, but rather set up high-performance WiFi networks that allow those affected to access the Internet and send messages and retrieve information themselves via smartphone or notebook.

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