AREC at community events
Amateur Radio Emergency Communication “AREC” the public service arm of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) formed by members who are individually licensed amateur radio operators.
Welcome to AREC New Zealand
Welcome to Amateur Radio Emergency Communication “AREC”. AREC is the public service arm of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) formed by members who are primarily individually licensed amateur radio operators. AREC provides skilled Volunteers enabling essential communications to support search and rescue, disaster response, and our community.
AREC.site
AREC’s legacy website and the technical information it contained is still available for a period of time at www.arec.site
Our Services
Communications
AREC provides a range of communications services covering the provision of highly trained, experience Volunteer radio operators delivering vital messaging services for search and rescue, civil emergencies and community events.
Training & Advice
AREC delivers high quality education, training and assessment of AREC volunteers and other partner organizations. Our volunteers deliver advice and guidance utilizing their extensive technical and operational knowledge.
Infrastructure & Equipment
AREC endeavours to provide and maintain suitable radio and communications technology equipment and infrastructure to enable our volunteers to provide a highly capable and responsive emergency communication service.
Volunteers
AREC’s 375 fully equipped Volunteers provide communications services for civil emergencies, search and rescue and community events.
264
Events attended by AREC + 126 SAR events
47
AREC groups
nationwide
375
AREC volunteers
8
AREC partners
(NZSAR, RCC, Police, LandSAR,)
Latest News
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Join the adventure!
Join AREC as a volunteer
You will join a group and receive training to provide essential communications to support Search & Rescue, Disaster Response, and our community.
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AREC National Shakeout Winlink Exercise (WINEX) 24/10/24
At 0930 hours on October 24, 2024, over 612,513 Kiwis will "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" during the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) New Zealand ShakeOut national earthquake drills and tsunami hīkoi!
All NZART Clubs, AREC Groups, and existing and emerging radio operators are encouraged to participate in the New Zealand ShakeOut drill.
Recognising this, Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (AREC) will activate on Thursday, 24th October, to conduct a countywide Simulated Emergency Test (SET) during the New Zealand ShakeOut National Earthquake Drills and Tsunami hīkoi.
When: 1024 - 200 Hours, Thursday 24th of October, 2024.
Where: Your QTH, Branch/AREC Amateur Radio Stations
Thanks for taking the time to help get the word out if you can.
In the meantime, please reach out to the following to obtain a copy of the instructions and more information.
- Digital WINEX - Nigel Goldstone ZL2SEA at kiwi_saila@yahoo.co.nz
- Phone COMEX - Simon Osborne ZK6EXC at RMCent@arec.nz
Thanks for your participation, 73 AREC
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AREC WINEX SET N° 1 – International Shakeout Winlink
You are invited to participate in an International Shakeout WINEX being held across the world this week.
This Simulated Emergency Test (SET) aims to demonstrate the ability of Amateur radio stations to provide accurate and timely messaging by digital written forms of communication, to clearinghouses using email over radio (Winlink) RMS gateway during the 2024 International ShakeOut Day.
The International ShakeOut WINEX will be held between 1017 – 1700 hours on Thursday, 17thOctober 2024, whereby:
a) Operators will submit a “Did You Feel Report” via Winlink
b) Operators will submit a “Check In Form” via Winlink
c) Operators will reply using a “Checkout Form” via Winlink
Note 1: You need to Pre-register using Winlink Tactical email AREC-CHECKIN to participate & receive instructions.
Note 2: The general scenario and what might be needed in response will be discovered on the day of the SET
Thanks for taking the time to help get the word out if you can.
Remote Help - If you cannot find the answers you need, please reach out by posting your Digital WINEX Questions to Nigel Goldstone ZL2SEA at kiwi_saila@yahoo.co.nz
Above all, have fun, make this a learning experience, solve problems, and set examples.
Thanks for your participation, 73 AREC
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Over the weekend AREC members from the South Canterbury, North Otago, Otago, South Otago, Eastern Southland and Southland Groups came together for a weekend of learning new skills, building relationships, technology and equipment.
The event was organised by AREC Regional Manager South Lindsey Ross who was pleased with the turnout of members who all learnt a lot during the weekend.
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