Operating the Radio Club Venezolano National Emergency Net (YV5RNE)
Backed by: Radio Club Venezolano (RCV) – National Emergency Net
If you are a licensed amateur radio operator inside Venezuela, check in to the National Emergency Net (YV5RNE) and relay health-and-welfare traffic when power and networks go down.
WarningOnly for operators with a valid amateur license; operating unlicensed is illegal and jams the net. Real risk of callsign impersonation: verify station identities.
What it does
After the 24-25 June 2026 Yaracuy double earthquake, which knocked out power and networks across the northwest, the RCV activated its HF National Emergency Net. It links authorities, hospitals, and isolated communities and relays messages between separated families. The licensed operator inside the country checks in and passes traffic.
How to take part
- Tune the 40 m band and listen before transmitting; keep the frequency clear of non-essential traffic.
- Check in to the net (YV5RNE) following net control's instructions and RCV protocols (radioclubve.org).
- Verify the frequency and that the activation is still in force before operating: the 25 June 2026 IARU notice asked to keep 7.135 MHz clear, but RCV protocols also cite 7.060 and 7.088 MHz.
- Stick to health-and-welfare traffic and coordination links; do not spread unverified information as if it were official net traffic.
Verified facts
- Fact
The Radio Club Venezolano, founded in 1934, is the national IARU member society; its National Emergency Net (callsign YV5RNE) is a long-standing structure, not improvised for this quake.
qsl.net → - Fact
IARU Region 2 and the ARRL officially announced the June 2026 activation and the request to keep 7.135 MHz clear, identifying the net director (Domingo L. Hernández Lima, YV5IZE).
arrl.org → - Fact
It is a civil-technical amateur radio channel, neither governmental nor linked to the state-intervened Venezuelan Red Cross.
iaru-r1.org →