The 2010 IARU R1 Youth ARDF Championship was opened today. 11 countries with 37 boys and 30 girls, all they up to 15 years old, will compete next two days.

Results will be available on www.rob.sk/eyac2010/

It is my pleasure to inform you that I have received the first experimental license for 600 and 60m bands in Croatia, both VFO based.

• 600m - 493 - 510 kHz - A1A mode only
• 60m - 5.260 - 5.410 kHz - all modes

The license is effective immediately for a period of one year. I will be on the air on 60m ASAP, and on 600m when my equipment will be ready.

The HF Committee Newsletter No. 63 is now available! Click here!

The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter May 2010 is now available! Click here!

Following the 2010 General Assembly of Íslenskir radíóamatörar (IRA) that took place on 22 May 2010 in Reykjavík, the Executive Committee has now had its first meeting and positions for 2010/2011 have been decided as follows: President: Jónas Bjarnason, TF2JB; Vice-president: Erling Eiríksson, TF3EE; Secretary: Sæmundur Þorsteinsson, TF3UA; Treasurer: Gísli G. Ófeigsson, TF3G; Member: Sveinn Bragi Sveinsson, TF3SNN; Deputy members: Jón Ingvar Óskarsson, TF1JI, and Kjartan H. Bjarnason, TF3BJ; IARU liaison: Kristján Benediktsson, TF3KB.

The Technical Industrial State Institute (ITIS) was established on 1st October 1959, in Gallarate, as a textile course with its head office in Giovane Italia square. In 1961 the School opened the Telecommunications specialization. Later, in 1964, the Industrial Electronics specialization and in 1969-70 the Electrotechnics specialization were added. In 1999 the Aeronautics Constructions course started and in 2004 also Industrial Computer Science. The school is attended by 1000 students aged 14-19.

For teaching activities there are 16 laboratories, a library, a main hall, two gyms and outdoor sports facilities. The school harbours the amateur ARI Radio Club IQ2GM. The school\'s callsign is I2JRY. An ARISS radio contact is planned Monday 7 June 2010 at 09:40 UTC, which is 11.40 CEST. This direct radio contact will be operated by I2JRY. Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 145.800MHz FM.

The European Parliament published the "SECOND PROGRESS REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC (download here), on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity", which might affect the Amateur Radio Service in the future.