Committees and Working Groups | International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)

IARU Region 1 relies heavily on a core group of unpaid volunteers to take part in its committee and working group activities. There are five Permanent Committees, which act in an advisory capacity with the aim of considering policies and coordinating activities in the relevant parts of the radio frequency spectrum or Regional activity.

They are (with the name of Chair):

Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee — Barry Lewis, G4SJH
HF Committee — Tom Kamp, DF5JL
VHF/UHF/Microwave Committee — Dick Harms, PA2DW
EMC Committee — Wolfgang Mahr, OE1MHZ
Political Relations Committee — Séamus McCague, EI8BP

In addition there are four Working Groups covering specific activities within amateur radio:

ARDF — Direction Finding — Working Group — Jiří Mareček, OK2BWN
HST — High Speed Telegraphy — Working Group ‑Oliver Tabakovski, Z32TO
STARS (Support for the Amateur Radio Service) Working Group — Hans Welens, ON6WQ
Youth Working Group — Philipp Springer, DK6SP

There are also Coordinators covering other areas of activity which do not warrant a full Working Group being established. They cover the following areas:

ARSPEX (Amateur Radio Space Exploration) — Stefan Dombrowski, ON6TI
Emergency Communications — Greg Mossop, G0DUB
HF beacons — Dennis Green, ZS4BS
IARUMS — IARU monitoring system — Gaspar Miró EA6AMM
International Programme for Disabled Amateurs (IPDA) — Thomas Huber, HB9FXU
Regulatory Affairs — Peter Frey, HB9MQM
Satellites — Graham Shirville, G3VZV
VHF/UHF/Microwave beacons — Mathias Klug, DH4FAJ
VHF/UHF/Microwave contests — Alessandro Carletti, IV3KKW

Details of all these groups and their work can be found by clicking the links above. The Terms of Reference for all committees and working groups can be found here

WG Terms of Reference March 2021 Download

All Committees and Working Groups are subject to general requirements as follows:

They act under the provisions of the IARU Region 1 Constitution and Bylaws
All Chairmen and Coordinators are appointed at each triennial General Conference
All Chairmen and Coordinators provide annual reports to the EC and to the General Conference
All Chairmen and Coordinators shall attend Region 1 General Conference
All IARU Region 1 Member Societies are entitled to participate in the work of the permanent committees. The permanent working groups consist of persons appointed by the Member Societies interested in the relevant activity

During the three-yearly General Conference of Region 1, a number of Committees handle the work of the Conference:

C 1: Steering Committee
C 2: Credentials and Finance Committee
C 3: General Administrative and Organisational Committee
C 4: Permanent HF Committee
C 5: Permanent VHF/UHF and Microwaves Committee
C 6: Election and Ballot Committee
C 7: Permanent EMC Committee