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December 2006 Danish amateurs gain additional 70 MHz spectrum As of December 4th Danish Radio Amateurs have gained access to yet another segment of the 70 MHz band: 70,1875 – 70,2125 MHz That enables the Danish Amateurs to use the “International” calling frequency: 70,200 MHz. This development arises from good cooperation between the Regulatory body: ITST - and the EDR. The full 70 MHz bandplan for Denmark is at http://www.70mhz.org:80/bandplan_oz.htm October 2006 Details of 2007 interim meeting of HF Committee This meeting takes place in February 2007 and details can be found here Region 1 EMC e-mail Reflector created To help discussion of EMC matters between member societies and officers of IARU Region 1, an e-mail Reflector has been created. Mails have been sent to all Member Societies inviting them to propose members for the reflector. Requests should be sent to iaru_region1_Xbtinternet.com (where _X is replaced by @) September 2006
ATV Contest
The IARU Region 1 ATV contest will be held on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of September.
The
contest rules are unchanged since last year and can be found in the
VHF handbook
This
year, the organisation and adjudication is the responsibility of the
Belgain society, UBA.
August 2006 The IARU Region 1 Website has been updated to include pages of interest to the casual reader, who wants to know more about amateur radio. Pages have been added describing amateur radio, what radio amateurs do, how to become a radio amateur, and how to listen to radio amateurs. June 2006 Turkish society TRAC has completed the installation of amateur radio equipment at the Antalya Directorate of Agriculture (also used as an emergency operation centre). Comprehensive HF and VHF communication facilities have been installed, which will further strengthen the capability of amateurs in Turkey to support other services at times of natural disasters.
The photograph shows Aizi Sasa, TA1E explaining the installed facilities to the Lord Mayor of Antalya. May 2006 IARU Region 1 to hold working meetings at Friedrichshafen
IARU Region 1 will be holding a number of meetings at the Friedrichshafen Ham fair at the end of June. Some of these meetings are for invited guests only, but others are open to anyone representing their national society with an interest in the subject. A full list of all the meetings can be found here EMC reference section updated The section of the website devoted to the EMC Working Group now carries copies of the papers submitted by IARU Region 1 to Member Societies and to the bodies working on standards for emissions from PLT systems. IARU Region 1 Societies approve changes to the Region's Constitution & Bye-Laws Following the decisions at the Davos Region 1 Conference last September, a ballot has now been completed to seek Member Society ratification of the changes to the Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Region. The closing date for the ballot was 10th May 2006, and the necessary number of votes in favour of all the Resolutions were received by that date. As a result, the Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Region have been amended in accordance with the Resolutions, and a copy of the new Constitution can be found here Many thanks to all Member Societies who took the time to cast their votes. New VHF Managers' Handbook An updated copy of the Region 1 VHF Managers' Handbook is now available on the VHF/UHF/Microwave Committee web pages April 2006 IARU Makes input on “Euroloop” proposalsIARU Region 1, represented by John Gould, G3WKL, has made detailed input to the work being done in CEPT to consider the implications of the proposal to introduce “Euroloop”, a spread-spectrum signalling system for railways, operating in the HF range. You can read the background paper, and supporting documentation here Foresight Project launched
Following the presentation made at the 2005 Region 1 Conference at Davos, the Foresight Project has been launched, under the direction of Bob Whelan, G3PJT. The project plans to develop a clearer view of the future direction and options for amateur radio, and will involve a number of Member Societies around the Region. For details of the Terms of Reference of the project, click here. Member Societies have been mailed an invitation to participate. HST Championship Software now available on the Region 1 Web The Region 1 HST Working Group has made available all the software to be used in receiving tests in future HST Championships. It can be downloaded from the HST Working Group page. The software includes a special version of "Morse Runner", the pile-up training software, developed and made available by by Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA. There is also the "Rufz" program by Mathias Kolpe, DL4MM and Alessandro Vitiello, IV3XYM, and the custom-designed HST software by Andrei Bindasov, EU7KI. February 2006 IARU Region 1 HF Committee An informal meeting of Region 1 HF Managers and Liaison Officers will take place on Sunday morning, 25th June 2006 during the annual HamRadio show at Friedrichshafen. Those planning to attend the meeting are asked to
advise the HF Committee Chairman at iarur1hfm@g3psm.net in order to help
with room allocations. More information will follow when known.
1.850 – 2.000 Mhz (160m)
- 1,810 – 1, 850 Mhz (Primary, exclusive) - 1,850 – 2,000 Mhz (Secondary, shared)
50.000 - 52.000 Mhz (6 m)
- 50,000 – 51,200 Mhz - 51,200 – 52,000 Mhz (Secondary, shared)
70.000 – 70.500 Mhz (4 m) : (Secondary, shared)
IARU Region 1 HF Committee An informal meeting of Region 1 HF Managers and Liaison Officers will take place on Sunday morning, 25th June 2006 during the annual HamRadio show at Friedrichshafen. Those planning to attend the meeting are asked to
advise the HF Committee Chairman at iarur1hfm@g3psm.net in order to help
with room allocations. More information will follow when known.
December 2005 "Davos05" e-mail address closed The e-mail address for mail concerning the 2005 IARU Conference at Davos has now closed. Any mail should in future be sent to the Region 1 Secretary at the normal office address A success for the DARC Bandwatch - interference on 21 MHz resolved The DARC Bandwatch group has been able to resolve problems of interference on 21.415 MHz from military communications. Read the full story October 2005 Great success for IARU Region 1 in both ECC Working Group Frequency Management and Working Group Regulatory Affairs During the last week of September 2005 two ECC Recommendations affecting amateur radio were adopted. After years of work both within and outside of IARU Region 1, it was possible for our ERC Chairman Hans Blondeel Timmerman PB2T in WGFM and for the Chairman of our the Region 1 RRWG Bob Whelan G3PJT in WGRA to see these two recommendations adopted allowing extra facilities for radio amateurs within part of IARU Region 1 ECC/REC 05-05 “Early access for the Amateur service to the band 7100 - 7200 kHz” gives administrations within CEPT the opportunity to allow stations in the Amateur Service to use the band 7100 - 7200 kHz on a secondary basis provided that the transmitter output power does not exceed 24 dBW (250 Watts). See http://www.ero.dk/documentation/docs/doc98/official/Word/REC0505.DOC for the full text of this recommendation. ECC/REC 05-06 “CEPT Novice Radio Amateur Licence” recognises the principle of a CEPT Novice Radio Amateur Licence on which the administrations of the CEPT countries visited will not levy administrative charges or spectrum fees. Administrations, not being members of CEPT, that accept the provisions of this Recommendation, may apply for participation. See http://www.ero.dk/documentation/docs/doc98/official/Word/REC0506.DOC for the full text of this recommendation. September 2005 Administrative Council meets in Zurich
Davos
Conference (.pdf download -
15 Mb)
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
(.pdf)
More Licence Changes At a ZARS Council meeting held 3
May 2004 ZARS took the decision to close the Zimbabwe QSL Bureau.
This is simply due to the excessive cost of services that are now
prevalent in Zimbabwe. The main cost is for the posting of cards to
the various bureau around the world. This is coupled with a
declining number of members such that reasonable subscriptions can
no longer support the costs of running the bureau.
October 2003 At the VERON Dag voor de Amateur, Jan Verduijn (pictured right)
from the Radiocommunication Agency Netherlands was awarded the IARU
Region 1 Medal. The Medal and Certificate was presented by the IARU
Region 1 Chairman Ole Garpestad, LA2RR (pictured left) at the VERON Dag voor de Amateur. May 2003 February 2003 December 2002 |
