When crises strike and mobile networks or the internet go down, a fundamental question becomes acute — how will important information get through when society needs it most? Amateur radio may be the answer.
With simple and reliable technology, they can assist emergency services and authorities with communications when public telecommunications systems fail, and ensure that essential information continues to flow. Amateur radio is used all over the world as emergency communications during natural disasters and major accidents where ordinary communications break down.
In Norway, this preparedness is organized through the NRRL Liaison Service, which consists of over forty groups spread across the country. Radio amateurs play an important role when telephony and internet are down.
Radio amateurs play an important role when telephony and the internet are down, using robust, independent radio technology. With their own equipment, they can establish contact under demanding conditions and ensure communication when other communication lines are unavailable. The lecture takes as its starting point recent events, highlights the radio amateurs' emergency preparedness agreements and infrastructure, and shows why "old-fashioned radio" is still an important emergency resource.
Speaker Carl Georg Abel (b. 1957) is the head of emergency preparedness in the radio amateur communications service and has extensive experience with safety and emergency preparedness, including over 20 years in the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Agency.
Registration and information
The event is free and there will be light refreshments in the museum's café from 4 p.m. for those who have pre-registered.
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