Purpose
The HF Radio Charitable Trust is a New Zealand registered charity providing;
Disaster relief communication services to communities affected by a natural disaster via a transportable high frequency (HF) radio service.
Public safety at sea services to recreational vessels via a maritime high frequency (HF) coast radio station service.
Objectives
Maintain operational readiness of a transportable HF base station capable of operating on either land mobile or amateur service frequencies.
Establish, promote and co-ordinate the operation of the Alpine Fault Net® using amateur service HF and VHF frequencies.
Deliver education to communities on which communication technologies are likely to be unavailable or overloaded following a major natural disaster and what they can do to prepare for such a scenario.
Establish relationships with other organisations involved with provision of, or requirement for, disaster relief communications.
- Provide a coast maritime HF radio service to recreational vessels located between equator to 56S and 120E to 64W.
- Provide a passage monitoring service to reduce the number of recreational vessels reported overdue whilst conducting an ocean passsage.
- Deliver educational presentations to the yachting community on topics related to HF radio, communication and safety at sea.